NEW DELHI: Amid a string of petitions filed in the Supreme Court against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in Bihar, Delhi BJP leader and noted lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has filed a plea in the Apex Court in support of the drive and demanded that such an exercise should be undertaken in every state, heading to elections.
NEW DELHI: Amid a string of petitions filed in the Supreme Court against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in Bihar, Delhi BJP leader and noted lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has filed a plea in the Apex Court in support of the drive and demanded that such an exercise should be undertaken in every state, heading to elections.
He said that such intensive revision was the need of the hour to ensure that the sanctity of the voters' list remains intact and they don’t get influenced by illegal immigrants from other nations.
Upadhyay, speaking to IANS, said that he has sought the court’s directions to the respective institutions for carrying out an intensive revision of electoral rolls in every state and Union Territory, going to the polls.