Rahul steps up offensive, says Cong will fight SIR politically and legally

STEPPING up his attack on Election Commission of India (ECI) and ‘vote theft’ allegations, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cast doubts over the SIR process at a meeting with key AICC office-bearers of 12 states and Union Territories where the revision of electoral rolls is underway, and said the party must challenge the exercise politically, organisationally and legally, according to sources.

- PREETHA NAIR @New Delhi

During the meeting, Gandhi also said it is the Election Commission’s duty to provide clean electoral rolls but instead, it was trying to put the onus on political parties. The Leader of Opposition charged that the procedure is being adopted hurriedly and claimed that it is intended to delete genuine voters, said sources.