ECI has no authority to check citizenship: TDP

THE Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday became the first NDA ally to emphasise that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has no authority to adjudicate on citizenship, a position hitherto taken by opposition parties in Bihar following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls there a few months before state polls.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Vijayawada

At an all-party meeting convened by the ECI in New Delhi, the TDP urged it not to hold SIR in Andhra Pradesh within six months of any major polls.