INDIA bloc to step up campaign against SIR, plan joint action on voting rights in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 15 (UNI) The INDIA bloc is set to intensify its campaign against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with opposition parties scheduled to meet here on Friday to discuss alleged "deletion" of eligible voters' names, protection of voting rights and coordinated political and legal action. The state-level meeting, convened by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), will bring together representatives of several opposition parties to formulate a joint strategy on electoral roll revision and what they describe as threats to electoral transparency. The meeting will be held under the leadership of state Congress president B K…