Jairam Ramesh poses 3 SIR questions to Amit Shah

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized Union Home Minister Amit Shah's use of infiltrator rhetoric during a recent hearing. Ramesh accused Shah of deflecting from the large-scale disenfranchisement of 14 crore Indians who had their voting rights taken away. In a post on X, Ramesh posed three direct questions to Shah regarding the transparency of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process: How many infiltrators were detected?

How many were deleted? And how many were deported? Ramesh emphasized that 100 crore Indians have undergone the SIR process and deserve to know the results. He also questioned whether the government considered genuine voters as foreign nationals, suggesting that 14 crore Indians were being wrongly targeted as infiltrators.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav echoed similar sentiments on social media, calling for citizens to unite against alleged electoral fraud. Yadav emphasized that the struggle against democratic backsliding is directly linked to the rights of marginalized communities, reservation protections, and social equality. He urged the country to stand together as a collective shield to protect democracy, the Constitution, and reservations.

Yadav further advocated for economic and social justice, demanding that the collective voice of the nation ensure livelihood for all, the realization of youth aspirations, safety and dignity for women, and an end to caste discrimination.