Mah: Opposition protesting SIR to facilitate re-entry of illegal immigrants into voter list, alleges BJP

Mumbai, Oct 14 (UNI) BJP Maharashtra chief spokesperson Navnath Ban on Wednesday accused opposition parties of opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to facilitate the re-inclusion of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas in the voter list. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state office, Ban said claims that 13 crore voters had been excluded during the SIR process were misleading. He said the figure included 6.30 crore voters who had permanently migrated, 2.8 crore deceased voters and 1.2 crore cases of duplicate registrations, in which individuals were registered in both their native villages and cities. Of…