The Congress party has accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of orchestrating a "Shah Instigated Removal" of voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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Jairam Ramesh, Congress's general secretary in charge of communications, said that Phase 1 of the SIR started in Bihar in June 2025 and Phase 2 was launched in November 2025 across nine states and three Union Territories, both of which led to widespread deletions in electoral rolls.