Rahul sharpens attack on PM, BJP

Congress leader and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi unleashed a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of orchestrating a conspiracy to strip the poor and underprivileged of their constitutional right to vote through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar, mirroring alleged similar tactics adopted in Maharashtra and Haryana.

- Subhash Pathak and Aditya Nath Jha

His public address in Katihar as part of the ongoing Voter Adhikar Yatra was intermittently interspersed with slogans “Vote Chor Gaddi Chhodd” (vote thief, vacate the chair) -a barb aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.