Overview

• The Union home minister endorsed the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision in Bihar, describing it as a drive to clean voter lists.
• Shah accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of organising a ‘Ghuspaithiya Bachao’ campaign to keep illegal immigrants on electoral rolls to win elections.
• He delivered the comments at Thyagaraj Stadium while inaugurating 17 Delhi government projects during the birthday observance for the prime minister.
• Congress has countered by alleging the Bihar revision is disenfranchising voters and has stepped up its campaign against both the BJP and the poll body.
• Rahul Gandhi led a 14‑day, roughly 1,300 km Voter Adhikar Yatra across Bihar, claiming over 65 lakh names were targeted for removal as the state heads to polls later this year.