Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress for their November 1 rally, calling it a 'ghuspatiya bachao' event instead of 'vote bachao'. Speaking in Hyderabad, he said, "We will remove each and every infiltrator from electoral rolls." He also accused Rahul Gandhi of ignoring the 1984 anti-Sikh riots anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress for branding the November 1 Ramlila Maidan rally as 'vote bachao' event. Speaking in Hyderabad, Shah said that Congress' did not convene a 'vote bachao' rally but it was 'ghuspatiya bachao' rally. Reiterating party's stand on 'infiltration' and its commitment to remove them, the Home Minister said: 'We will remove each and every infiltrator from electoral rolls.' Commenting further on opposition November 1 rally, Shah stated that it was an attempt by the opposition to stay relevant and there was no basis to the 'mass mobilisation'.
Challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he added that since the former Congress president cannot partake in a productive discussions inside the Parliament, he tries to conduct 'public impeachments'. Earlier today, Shah reached Hyderabad to participate in the padayatra, with the slogan 'Let us safeguard democracy - let us end anarchism'. He was received by Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy, BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao, MPs Etela Rajender, D. Aravind and other senior leaders at Begumpet Airport. Prior to the rally, he along with the senior leaders offered prayers at the Bhagyalakshmi temple near Charminar.
The BJP on Sunday accused Rahul Gandhi of rubbing salt in the wounds of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by organising an opposition INDIA bloc rally in Delhi on its anniversary and said this "foolish drama" will prove to be the final "nail in the coffin" of the Congress' "political downfall". Speaking at an event in Chandigarh, Union home minister Amit Shah said the country will never forget that the Congress leader held a jalsa (celebration) on the anniversary of the "Sikh genocide" of 1984, and that if he wanted to become the prime minister, he should stay in a "mock parliament" his entire life.
The opposition INDIA bloc on Sunday held the 'Chalo Dilli' protest at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital as part of its campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities. To counter the opposition's narrative, BJP national president Nitin Nabin led a 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' march in Haryana's Rohtak. Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan participated in a similar padyatra in Faridabad.