India, Nov. 3 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday, November 2, accused the Congress and other INDIA bloc parties of being determined to stop the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He said the opposition rally led by Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Sunday, November 1, was meant not to "save the vote" but to protect infiltrators from Bangladesh.

Shah made the remarks at a gathering in Hyderabad at the end of the city leg of the BJP's nationwide padayatra, "Lok Tantra Bachao Arajakta Hatao" (Save Democracy, Eradicate Anarchy). The campaign was launched to counter the INDIA bloc's allegations against the BJP, including that it conspired to vitiate the Election Commission's SIR process, which the opposition has dubbed "v...