Ramesh calls SIR 'Shah instigated removal', alleges mass voter deletions and constitutional assault

New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday stepped up the Congress's criticism of the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, alleging that the process had led to large-scale deletion of voters and placed a disproportionate burden on economically and socially disadvantaged sections of society. In a statement posted on social media platform X, Ramesh described SIR as a "Shah Instigated Removal of voters on a massive scale" and alleged that the exercise had effectively shifted the responsibility of establishing electoral eligibility from the state to individual citizens. "The state has…