‘Your Own Leaders Disagree’: Sudhanshu Trivedi Slams Congress Over SIR Row
BJP leader highlights Satish Jarkiholi's comments defending voter roll revision in Karnataka ahead of Congress's November 1 Delhi rally.
- Sudhanshu Trivedi cites Satish Jarkiholi’s remarks on Karnataka SIR.
- Jarkiholi says deleted entries involved deceased, shifted and duplicate voters.
- Congress plans a November 1 rally in Delhi against alleged SIR irregularities.
- Trivedi questions the rally date, referring to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 30th Oct: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi has targeted the Congress over its allegations against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing remarks by Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi that he had no objection to the exercise in the state.
In a post on X, Trivedi pointed out that Jarkiholi had said voter entries removed during the revision belonged to people who had died, shifted their residence or were registered more than once. The Karnataka Congress minister and former party working president reportedly added that the party’s objections concerned other states.
Trivedi also referred to similar remarks by senior Congress leaders Ramesh Channithala and Shashi Tharoor, arguing that statements from leaders in Congress-ruled states were raising questions about the party’s criticism of the SIR process.
The remarks come as the Congress prepares to hold a rally in Delhi on November 1, alleging irregularities in the electoral roll revision.
Trivedi raises 1984 anti-Sikh violence reference
Trivedi also questioned the Congress’s decision to organise the rally on November 1, the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.
Referring to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s controversial remarks following the violence, Trivedi said Rahul Gandhi should remember his father’s statement before holding the rally on the anniversary.
He further claimed that the Congress’s allegations about SIR were being challenged by statements from leaders in states where the party is in power.
The Congress has continued to raise concerns over the SIR exercise in several states, alleging irregularities in voter verification and deletions. The issue has become a point of political confrontation ahead of the party’s proposed Delhi rally.
