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New Delhi: Congress general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Monday (July 6) called out the “hypocrisy” as Union minister and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and Bharataiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Karnataka raised objections pertaining to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

“Strange hypocrisy by utterly divided and frustrated BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] leaders of Karnataka (joined of course by Mr. H.D.Kumaraswamy) in opposing “Special Intensive Revision” in Karnataka,” Surjewala wrote on X.

Further, he dared the JD(S) leader and the BJP to state that the assembly election results in Bihar, West Bengal and Assam should be set aside and accept that the SIR is “wrong, anti-democratic and an assault on the democracy and constitution”.

“We, at INC India and INC Karnataka welcome their opposition to SIR and call upon/dare them (BJP & JD-S) leaders of Karnataka to show the guts to come out and state – 1. That Deletion of 47 Lakh Votes in SIR in Bihar before Assembly Elections were wrong and that result of last Bihar Assembly Elections should be set aside. 2. The Deletion of 84 Lakh Votes in SIR in West Bengal before Assembly Elections were wrong and that result of last Assembly Elections should be set aside. 3. The Deletion of 11 Lakh Votes in SIR in Assam before Assembly Elections were wrong and that result of last Assembly Elections should be set aside. 4. That SIR process is wrong, anti-democratic and an assault on the Democracy and Constitution as also that SIR process should be immediately scrapped across India. 5. That ECI is horribly wrong in initiating SIR in the first........

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