Amit Shah Offers Parliament Session on Voter-Roll Claims

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered to convene a special session of Parliament to debate opposition allegations about voter rolls and the Election Commission, challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to take the dispute to the legislature. Shah made the offer October 30 at a Bharatiya Janata Party meeting in Lucknow. He rejected accusations against the Election Commission of India as baseless and said the BJP was prepared to address the opposition’s claims in Parliament. His offer was a proposal; the reports do not confirm that a special session has been called. The dispute concerns the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Opposition leaders say the process risks excluding eligible voters and allege irregularities, while Shah dismissed claims of vote theft. The reports do not independently establish whether the voter-roll allegations are true. The INDIA bloc planned a march and rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on November 1 to protest alleged irregularities and demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Rahul Gandhi announced a route from the Minto Road area, past Ajmeri Gate and...