Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a fierce counterattack against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, dismissing his recent voter deletion allegations as false narratives while accusing him of protecting Bangladeshi infiltrators through his Bihar campaign.
Union Minister Amit Shah counters Rahul Gandhi’s allegations in Bihar
Addressing BJP workers in poll-bound Bihar, HM Amit Shah reframed Gandhi’s recent ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ as an infiltrator protection mission. “Rahul Gandhi did a yatra in Bihar… The topic of his yatra was not good education, employment, electricity, roads. His yatra was aimed at saving the ghuspaithiya (infiltrators) who have come from Bangladesh. This was Rahul Gandhi’s Ghuspaithiya Bachao Yatra,” he declared.
#WATCH | Rohtas, Bihar | Interacting with BJP workers, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "They (Congress) spread a false narrative every time. Rahul Gandhi did a Yatra… The topic of his yatra was not vote theft. The topic was not good education, employment, electricity,… pic.twitter.com/JyihP2Y1nF
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The two-week campaign saw Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav traverse Bihar, protesting against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The opposition has alleged this exercise serves as a smokescreen for disenfranchising traditional opposition voters, with over 65 lakh voters dropped from draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission last month.
The union minister also warned that Bihar would be “teeming with infiltrators” if the RJD-Congress alliance assumed power, positioning infiltration as the BJP’s primary campaign theme ahead of November elections.
Dismissing Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Vote Chori’ Claims
Responding to Gandhi’s Thursday allegations of systematic voter deletion ahead of elections, The union minister, Amit Shah urged BJP workers to counter what he termed false narratives. “They (Congress leaders) had taken recourse to a similar tactic earlier when they had alleged that we were out to scrap reservations for SCs and STs. Nothing of the sort happened,” the Union minister stated, referencing opposition campaigns during 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
NDA Unity Display
Earlier Thursday, Amit Shah met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, with Kumar surprising observers by personally driving to Shah’s hotel. The gesture, captured in viral visuals showing cordial greetings between the leaders, signals NDA unity ahead of elections.
This development counters recent speculation that the Bihar CM had “refused” to meet Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda during their previous Patna visit last week, demonstrating the alliance’s cohesion despite earlier rumours of internal tensions.
The exchange highlights intensifying political rhetoric as Bihar prepares for crucial electoral battles.
