India, Nov. 8 -- Amit Shah counters vote theft allegations, while opposition unity faces growing electoral and organisational challenges.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a debate and his accusation of vote theft appear to be backfiring on the Congress party.

Rahul Gandhi is caught in both cases. He has failed to provide any evidence of the deletion of over 130 million voters from the electoral rolls, which he is making an issue of.

Instead, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cornered the Congress party by providing details of the deleted votes. Shah stated at a public meeting in Karnal that 28 million of the 130 million voters had been found dead, 62.5 million voter...