BJP accuses Congress, opposition of politicising SIR, spreading confusion over democracy

Patna, Nov 5 (UNI) union Environment Minister and senior BJP leader Bhupender Yadav on Thursday accused the Congress and other opposition parties of politicising the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and spreading confusion in the name of protecting democracy. Addressing a press conference here, Yadav alleged that extremist ideological elements were influencing the think tanks of opposition parties, including the Congress, RJD and Samajwadi Party, and accused them of attempting to create political unrest by questioning constitutional institutions and electoral processes. Defending the SIR exercise in Bihar, he said it was a routine constitutional process conducted under Article…