Patna, Aug. 26 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleged today that BJP leader Amit Shah's repeated claim that the BJP would remain in power for the next 40-50 yearswas not a prediction, but stemmed from vote theft.

Addressing the Social Dialogue Programme during the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Madhubani, Bihar, Rahul Gandhi said that every time Shah made such a claim, he used to wonder, "How does Amit Shah know the BJP will stay in power for 40-50 years?"He added, "Now the truth is out before the nation. The reason he could say that was because they've been stealing votes. And this theft didn't begin recently. It started in Gujarat, reached the national level in 2014, and since then, they've manipulated election outcomes stat...