New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of attempting to link access to social welfare schemes with voter identity cards, warning that the move, alongside the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, could deprive millions of people of both their voting rights and welfare entitlements.
In a strongly worded post on social media platform X, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government was preparing to make voter ID, instead of Aadhaar, the basis for identifying beneficiaries of government schemes. Describing the alleged move as part of a "deep conspiracy" to influence elections and perpetuate the BJP's hold on power, he ques...