Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has declared the party's firm opposition to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Kerala. She asserted that the process, as witnessed in Bihar, undermines democracy and constitutes electoral fraud. Priyanka is on a two-day visit to her Wayanad constituency, inaugurating development projects.
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