Shashi Tharoor rejects Kiren Rijiju's 'regime change' charge amid SIR row

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has pushed back against Union minister Kiren Rijiju's claim that opposition criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls amounts to an attempt at regime change. Tharoor argued that India is not comparable to Bangladesh or France, countries where, he suggested, such upheavals have occurred. He defended the right of political parties to question the voter-roll exercise without being accused of seeking to topple the government. The exchange highlights the continuing political friction over the SIR process and its handling of voter lists.