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Congress Divided Over SIR? Satish Jarkiholi’s Defence Puts Rahul Gandhi’s EC Campaign In Focus
A political storm has erupted within the Congress Party over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and allegations of vote tampering. While senior leadership including Rahul Gandhi has intensified attacks against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, calling for protest marches and planning a symbolic representative impeachment session at Mallikarjun Kharge's residence, Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi publicly defended the electoral revision. Jarkiholi stated that the roll revision was conducted properly in Karnataka, attributing deletions to deaths, relocations, and duplicate entries, and urged other states to adopt the same process. Reports highlighted that Congress leaders in Kerala, including Ramesh Chennithala, previously noted that the voter roll clean-up helped the party by removing bogus entries. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at the opposition, with leaders accusing the India Bloc of spreading anarchy and questioning the credibility of their claims after winning elections in several states. The contrasting stances within the opposition have escalated debate over its campaign against the Election Commission.
