AMIT SHAH CHALLENGES RAHUL GANDHI TO PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON SIR, NITIN NABIN ALLEGES FOREIGN INTERFERENCE

November 2, 2026

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to participate in a parliamentary debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and alleged electoral irregularities. Shah said the government was prepared to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the issues.

Addressing a BJP rally in Hyderabad during the party's nationwide 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' campaign, Shah dismissed the INDIA bloc's recent protest in Delhi and accused the Opposition of questioning electoral processes selectively. He challenged Gandhi to attend Parliament and debate the allegations, while asserting that the government would remove illegal infiltrators from electoral rolls.

Meanwhile, BJP national president Nitin Nabin targeted Gandhi during a separate rally in Kolkata, alleging that the Congress leader was acting as a "toolkit" of foreign forces seeking to destabilise India. Nabin linked his allegations to unrest in neighbouring countries and accused the INDIA bloc of questioning constitutional institutions and election procedures whenever it suffered electoral defeats.

The Kolkata rally was attended by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya. Adhikari described the SIR exercise as a means of identifying and removing infiltrators from electoral rolls, while accusing opposition parties of pursuing appeasement politics.

The BJP's demonstrations were organised as a counter-campaign to the INDIA bloc's protest demanding accountability from the Election Commission over alleged irregularities in the voter-list revision process and claims of electoral manipulation. The competing political campaigns have intensified the confrontation between the ruling party and the Opposition over electoral transparency and the credibility of democratic institutions.