Overview

• Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav met clerics at Khanqah Rahmani in Munger to hear concerns from Muslim leaders about alleged voter deletions and rights protections.
• They reiterated commitments to safeguard minority rights and affirmed support for protecting Waqf properties, responding to anxieties voiced by community representatives.
• Attendees urged the INDIA bloc to include AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, warning that excluding him could shift a significant share of minority votes toward AIMIM.
• The Opposition’s Voter Adhikar Yatra spans roughly 1,300 km across 20 districts and is scheduled to conclude in Patna on September 1.
• Opposition leaders pressed for scrapping the SIR exercise and renewed allegations against the Election Commission, with Gandhi citing claimed vote manipulation linked to past Karnataka polls.