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NEW DELHI: In a stinging attack at the Opposition over its criticism of the SIR, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said they are worried because they can no longer win elections by corrupt practices and claimed that the reason for Congress’ defeat in polls was its leadership and not EVMs or “vote chori”.

Intervening in a debate on election reforms in the Lok Sabha, Shah alleged that the Opposition is raising the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to keep “avaidh ghuspathiye (illegal immigrants)” in the voters’ list.

When the opposition MPs walked out later, Shah said no matter how many times the Opposition boycotts, the NDA will continue with its policy of detect, delete and deport ‘ghuspathiye’.

The Opposition wants to normalise and formal

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