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Union minister criticises Rahul Gandhi over SIR issue amid political tensions

Union minister criticises Rahul Gandhi over SIR issue amid political tensions

What's behind this

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, “Belonging: A Journey of Love,” is scheduled for release on November 10, with HarperCollins India publishing it domestically. The launch comes as political tensions surface, with a union minister criticising Rahul Gandhi over the SIR issue and Rahul Gandhi describing Rajiv Ranjan Singh’s voter ID‑linked welfare payments statement as “deeply sinister.”

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  • left · 3 outlets

    The Congress leader alleged that linking welfare benefits to voter ID could exclude people whose names are deleted from electoral rolls during SIR

    — The Federal

  • center · 3 outlets

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has also said the Prime Minister should come forward and answer the nation's questions on alleged vote theft.

    — Deccan Chronicle

  • right · 4 outlets

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to debate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Parliament, offering to convene a special session for the discussion. Addressing a BJP rally in Haryana's Karnal, Shah accused Gandhi of disrupting parliamentary…

    — The Economic Times

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The Economic Times Center-Right Bennett, Coleman & Co.

Rahul Gandhi calls SIR a ‘conspiracy’, alleges voter deletions could deny people welfare benefits

Rahul Gandhi has accused the BJP-led Centre of using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to deprive people opposed to the ruling party of voting rights and access to welfare schemes. His criticism followed Union minister Lalan Singh's remarks on identifying scheme beneficiaries…

Organiser Right Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)

Uttarakhand: Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi over ‘Save Infiltrators’ campaign, alleges Congress-backed demographic change

Union Home Minister says BJP will remove illegal mazars and madrasas, pledges to make Devbhoomi a secure, prosperous and cultural capital of Bharat; sets target of winning more than 65 seats in the next Assembly election Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul…

Orissa Post Center Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)

Not just vote theft, it’s rights theft: Rahul on Centre’s ‘Voter ID for welfare schemes’ remark

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed the Modi government over Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh’s remarks that voter ID will replace Aadhaar for identifying beneficiaries for social welfare programmes, saying “this isn’t just vote theft, it’s rights theft”. The Leader of Opposition…

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