HM Amit Shah launched scathing counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s

Home Minister Amit Shah today launched a scathing counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s continued attacks on the SIR and the Election Commission. He spoke sharply on various topics, including Rahul Gandhi’s working style and organizational capabilities. Shah accused Gandhi of using the SIR as an excuse to cover up his and the Congress’ failures.

Amit Shah has asked whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls was responsible for the Congress’ defeat in the civic elections in Gandhinagar and other places in Gujarat.

Shah claimed that while the current SIR exercise began only after 2024, the Congress had been losing elections ever since Gandhi entered politics.

In the civic elections in Gujarat, the BJP won the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation by a landslide, walking away with 38 of 44 seats in the state capital, which is part of Shah’s Lok Sabha constituency.

Shah said, I want to make clear, and I particularly want this message to reach Rahul Gandhi, that the Congress party has not won a single election here in 41 years,” he pointed out.

“I also want to ask Rahul ji. Do you attribute this result to the SIR? Do you dismiss the popularity of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi? You need to introspect. You have failed to win a single election in 41 years in a major state where you once held power. This is a matter that demands serious introspection. Recently, by-elections were held in three states: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry. The Congress did not win a single seat even there,” he added. (UPDATED ON 13TH OCTOBER 2026)