Home minister Amit Shah running away from vote theft and farmer issues: Congress

Congress has accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of running away from crucial questions related to electoral irregularities, farmers' demands and the law and order situation in the state. According to the party, during his visit to Haryana, the Home Minister preferred making political attacks on the opposition instead of talking about real issues.

AICC Haryana in-charge Sanjay Dutt and state Congress president Rao Narinder Singh said in a joint statement that Amit Shah addressed rallies in Karnal and Ambala, but did not answer any of the eight questions asked by the Congress a day earlier.

Congress leaders alleged that to divert attention from allegations of vote theft, the Home Minister personally targeted Rahul Gandhi and raised the mention of infiltrators along with old issues. The party demanded a point-wise reply and an independent probe into the matter of suspicious entries and identical photographs in the voter lists during the 2024 Haryana assembly elections.

Sanjay Dutt and Rao Narinder Singh also cornered the central government on the move to remove the Chief Justice of India from the election commissioners selection committee. They said that government documents regarding the claim made by the Home Minister about three crore infiltrators should be made public and the voting rights of real Indian citizens should not be snatched away during the voter list revision.

Congress also raised the issues of legal guarantee of minimum support price for farmers, compensation and the treatment meted out to women wrestlers at Jantar Mantar. Along with this, the party also raised questions on the performance of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini regarding the rising alleged crimes in the state.

On the other hand, during the Karnal rally, Amit Shah had challenged Rahul Gandhi to debate on the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists by calling a special session of Parliament. He had alleged that Congress does not let Parliament run and is spreading anarchy on the streets to save infiltrators.

Key developments

• Congress accused Amit Shah of not answering eight questions during his Haryana visit.
• The party sought answers on electoral irregularities, infiltrator data and MSP law.
• Home Minister Amit Shah had challenged Rahul Gandhi in Karnal to a debate in Parliament on voter list revision.