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Oppn raps Shah, BJP says propaganda busted
The New Indian Express Kannur
|July 13, 2025
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah's interview with this newspaper has triggered a wave of criticism from Opposition parties, with the Congress and Trinamool Congress accusing him of deflection, and political posturing.
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah's interview with this newspaper has triggered a wave of criticism from Opposition parties, with the Congress and Trinamool Congress accusing him of deflection, and political posturing. The BJP, meanwhile, defended Shah's remarks and reiterated that the Home Minister elaborated the governance priorities of the government and "dismantled opposition propaganda."
Congress leader Praveen Chakravarty contested Shah's statements, especially those concerning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. "This is a classic case of a strawman argument. When someone is guilty and doesn't want to address a direct question, they deflect. Instead of responding to how Maharashtra witnessed more new voters in five months than five years, Shah is defending the EC," Chakravarty said.
He accused Shah of shielding the EC to mask irregularities and questioned why the Home Minister, and not the Commission itself, was justifying the revisions: "The EC has become an extended arm of the BJP."
This story is from the July 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kannur.
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