Overview
- In a lengthy address, Amit Shah said the Special Intensive Revision falls under the Election Commission’s mandate and traced similar revisions from 1952 to 2004 under multiple governments.
- Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi interrupted to demand a public debate on his ‘vote chori’ claims, Shah refused to change the order of his remarks, and the Opposition later walked out.
- Citing the poll body, Shah rebutted Gandhi’s ‘501 voters at one house’ example, saying the Haryana address is an ancestral plot with multiple families using a common number.
- Shah alleged opponents want to retain illegal immigrants on rolls, pledged to “detect, delete and deport,” and warned parties resisting the exercise in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
- Separately, a PM‑chaired committee that includes the Leader of Opposition was slated to meet to recommend appointments to the leaderless Central Information Commission, which has eight vacant commissioner posts.