BJP Accuses Rahul Gandhi, Opposition of Maligning Constitutional Bodies Over SIR

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders of working to discredit the country's constitutional institutions, stepping up its counter-offensive over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

In its statement, the ruling party alleged that the Opposition leaders were acting in concert to malign these institutions. It pointed to the Election Commission's response to the criticism, saying the poll body had already issued a clarification that was grounded in facts and that addressed what the BJP described as fabricated allegations.

The BJP's remarks mark the latest turn in an escalating political dispute over the SIR exercise, with the ruling party framing the Opposition's criticism as an attack on institutional credibility rather than a policy disagreement.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, have been pressing the Election Commission over the conduct of the revision. The BJP's position is that the Commission has answered the concerns raised against it and that continued attacks amount to a deliberate campaign against constitutional authorities.

The exchange underscores the charged political atmosphere in which the electoral roll revision is being carried out, with both sides trading charges over the integrity of the process and the institutions overseeing it.