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Shah Defends SIR in Lok Sabha, Clashes With Rahul Gandhi as Opposition Walks Out

The home minister framed the Election Commission’s roll revision as a constitutional clean-up targeting ineligible entries and illegal immigrants.

Overview

  • Amit Shah said the Special Intensive Revision is an EC-led process with decades of precedent, arguing Parliament is not the forum to debate it.
  • He reiterated the government's "detect, delete and deport" policy on illegal immigrants and warned parties opposing SIR in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
  • Rahul Gandhi interrupted to demand a public debate on his 'vote chori' claims and pressed questions on EC immunity, the selection panel and EVM architecture, later calling Shah's reply defensive.
  • BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Opposition of attacking the EC after defeats and asked that K.C. Venugopal's remarks be expunged because he is a petitioner in a case on EC appointments.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Shah’s 90-minute address as outstanding, as BJP and Congress traded barbs following the Congress-led walkout.