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Priyank Kharge Challenges Amit Shah to Open Press Conference on Election Commission and SIR
- •Congress leader Priyank Kharge mocked Home Minister Amit Shah on social media, joking that he was ready to file a missing person complaint after Shah resurfaced.
- •Kharge challenged Shah to hold an open press conference without scripted interviews, handpicked journalists, or pre-approved questions to discuss the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the CEC.
- •The Congress leader also criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he has not faced an open press conference in 13 years.
- •Kharge's remarks came in response to Shah's challenge to Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition, where Shah predicted that the NDA would return to power in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
- •Other senior Congress leaders including Jairam Ramesh, K C Venugopal, and Pawan Khera also criticized Shah, raising serious concerns regarding the integrity of India's electoral system and the SIR process.
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Congress leader Priyank Kharge challenged Home Minister Amit Shah to hold an open, unscripted press conference on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Amit Shah challenged Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition to prepare for another defeat in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, asserting that the BJP-led NDA would return with a decisive majority. He also defended the electoral roll revision, stating the SIR process started only after 2024 and accused the Opposition of attempting to register infiltrators as voters.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh accused Amit Shah of returning with bombast, bluff, and bluster, while labeling him a co-architect of vote manipulation. Ramesh claimed that Shah's predictions for the 2029 elections suggested that preparations to rig the electoral process had already begun.
