India, Nov. 9 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a direct attack on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's "vote chori" charges, claiming that he is talking about the issue because "names of infiltrators have been deleted from the voter list".

He also said that the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha could take out a yatra from Bihar to Italy, but the centre wouldn't budge, in an apparent dig at Gandhi's 'Vote Adhikar Yatra'.

"Rahul Gandhi is talking about 'vote chori' because the names of infiltrators have been deleted from the voters' list. He can take out yatra from Bihar to Italy, but we won't allow infiltrators to remain here," Shah said in a poll rally in Arwal.

Shah also bristled at Gandhi's charge and asked, "If he t...