Home Minister Shah Ready to Put Vote-Theft Claims Before Parliament as Opposition Chooses Agitation
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Home Minister Amit Shah said he is ready to convene a special parliamentary session on vote-theft allegations, while condemning opposition leaders for preferring street politics over democratic debate.
Home Minister Amit Shah told party workers in Lucknow that he is prepared to call a special session of Parliament to examine allegations of vote theft, but said opposition leader Rahul Gandhi would not agree to discuss the matter in the legislature. Shah added that Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav prefer to create street protests rather than debate the issues in Parliament.
Shah’s remarks came as the opposition coalition plans a public “impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday and a large protest at the Ramlila ground on Sunday, actions the government has described as attempts to undermine democratic institutions and replace constitutional process with spectacle.
The opposition’s public impeachment event, originally scheduled for Friday at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, was postponed due to heavy rain. Critics of the commission have accused it of conducting an intensive revision of the electoral roll to favor the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
During a BJP state working committee meeting, Shah contrasted the BJP’s recent electoral successes in states such as Odisha and West Bengal with the opposition’s lack of recent victories, noting that the Samajwadi Party’s last state win occurred when its founder Mulayam Singh Yadav was alive. He suggested that opposition leaders blame the election commission after losing elections instead of accepting the verdict of voters.
"We challenge Rahul and Akhilesh to discuss every allegation inside Parliament," Shah said.
The statements reflect heightened political tension ahead of the scheduled protests and the upcoming parliamentary session.