Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- Launching a blistering counter-offensive against the Opposition over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands firmly behind the cleanup drive and will ensure that every single "illegal Bangladeshi infiltrator" is purged from voter lists across the country.

Addressing a massive gathering at Tank Bund following the Telangana BJP's 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) padyatra in Hyderabad, Shah fiercely defended the SIR exercise, brushed aside allegations of electoral manipulation, and challenged Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to an open debate on the floor...