Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday held a meeting with senior party leaders on the subject of Special Intensive Review (SIR) and said the Election Commission will have to prove that it is not working in the shadow of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He also claimed that the BJP was trying to use the SIR as a weapon and if the Commission ignored it, its involvement would also be considered.
Kharge held a review meeting with in-charges, state unit chiefs, Congress legislature party leaders and secretaries of the 12 states and union territories where the exercise of special intensive revision (SIR) of voter lists is underway. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi was also present in this meeting held at the party headquarters ‘Indira Bhawan’.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charges of 12 states and union territories, state Congress committee chiefs as well as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders and secretaries also attended the meeting.
This meeting took place at a time when Congress has faced a crushing defeat in the recent Bihar Assembly elections and has launched a campaign against alleged vote theft.