India, Nov. 5 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah today threw down the gauntlet to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, offering to convene a special session of Parliament exclusively to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Track Exec Orders

Addressing a rally in Karnal, Haryana, Shah asked the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a formal debate, asserting that the government was ready to discuss every aspect of the exercise.

The offer came amid an escalating political confrontation between the BJP and Congress over SIR, with Rahul Gandhi accusing the government of manipulating electoral rolls and challenging the Prime Minister to an open debate on several issues....