Overview

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Justice B. Sudershan Reddy’s 2011 Salwa Judum judgment “helped Naxalism,” a charge BJP leaders amplified in fresh statements.
• Congress leaders defended the opposition nominee, with T. Jeevan Reddy calling Shah’s allegation baseless and describing Justice Reddy as a democrat committed to constitutional values.
• NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan met Amit Shah to shore up support, and reported tallies indicate the NDA holds a comfortable numerical advantage in the September 9 electoral college.
• On day eight of the Voter Adhikar Yatra, Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav led events in Bihar and, with CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya, accused the Election Commission of bias and flagged mass deletions from draft rolls.
• Gadchiroli Police registered an FIR against Tejashwi Yadav over an X post about the Prime Minister, which RJD leaders called politically motivated as Tejashwi said he is not intimidated.