BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra defended the Special Intensive Revision exercise against INDIA bloc protests. He said the 13-crore figure included shifted, deceased, and duplicate entries. Patra added, "Eligible voters can be restored through Form 6." This move shows how political parties are now fighting over voter list transparency before elections.
Responding to the INDIA bloc's rally against the Chief Election Commissioner, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, saying the Opposition was spreading misinformation about voter roll revisions. Patra claimed the 13-crore figure included voters marked as shifted, deceased and duplicate entries, and asserted that eligible voters can be restored through Form 6. He also accused the Opposition of targeting the Election Commission despite its own booth-level agents being part of the verification process.