New Delhi, July 1:
The BJP on Tuesday accused opposition parties of displaying “peak hypocrisy” by attacking the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that they back the same exercise in states where it suits them politically but oppose it elsewhere to create an excuse for electoral defeats.
The charge came after 23 political parties and an Independent MP wrote to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, raising concerns over the SIR process, the EC’s functioning and other election-related issues.
Reacting to the letter, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that the opposition was targeting constitutional institutions after repeated electoral setbacks.
“SIR is merely a pretext. The real objective is to shield themselves from electoral losses by attacking the Election Commission,” Poonawalla said in a video statement.
He claimed that the opposition’s objections reflect “peak hypocrisy”, noting that the Congress has praised the SIR process, electronic voting machines (EVMs) and the EC when electoral roll revision exercises were carried out in states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu that were won by it or its allies.