Opposition members left the Lok Sabha after home minister Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi exchanged insults during a debate and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Rahul Gandhi clash with Amit Shah Over Vote Fraud
Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said the walkout proved that the Opposition lacked the patience to discuss any issue. It happens Shah and the leader of the Opposition challenged one another over claims of voter fraud and election conduct.
In response to the Congress MP’s claim of 501 votes registered at a single house in Haryana, Shah said that the Election Commission already addressed the issue.
“Rahul Gandhi said there are 501 votes in a single house in Haryana. The EC clarified that House 265 is not a small house and one family occupies one acre. The house doesn’t have a number, and three generations have lived there. They are neither fake houses nor fraud voters,” he said.
Amit shah hit back Gandhi for not discussing votes in Lok Sabha
Shah mentioned that the numbering system had been in place since the Congress government was elected in Haryana. The home minister emphasized the Election Commission’s constitutional role, stating that Parliament not the right place to discuss the SIR exercise. “The debate on the SIR cannot happen in Parliament because the issue lies with the Election Commission. The Election Commission doesn’t work with the government,” he said.
Shah pointed out that the first SIR took place under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952, with further exercises held in 1957, 1961, 1965-66, and 1983-84 under Congress governments. Tensions rise when Rahul Gandhi called for a discussion, saying, “Amit Shah, I challenge you to have a debate on my three press conferences.”
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