PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldMallikarjun Kharge Demands Annulment of Recent Assembly Polls
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called the protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls a "second war of independence" and demanded an immediate halt to the exercise. He urged the use of ballot papers in all future elections and annulment of all assembly polls held in the last two years. Kharge accused the RSS and BJP of deepening divisions and questioned the integrity of the electoral process and Election Commission.
Deccan Herald··Patna



