Rahul Gandhi, with his “debate with me” challenge post a day or every other day, continues to pose questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and by extension the BJP over the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls.
In his latest post, which is pinned on his X, Rahul Gandhi has shared two shorts clips, one from last year and one from Thursday, of Home Minister Amit Shah, appearing to suggest the confusion within the ruling party over the SIR debate.
When they said they were ready to discuss electoral reforms, we immediately agreed, and today, the discussion is indeed focused on electoral reforms,” the Home Minister said in parliament, appearing to make a distinction between discussion on electoral reforms and SIR. “It is my firm view that SIR cannot be discussed in this House as SIR was being done by the Election Commission of India. The Election Commission of India and the Chief Election Commissioner do not work under the government. If a discussion were to take place and certain questions were raised, who would provide the answers? Though this November, the Home Minister appears to suggest that the government is ready to call a special session of parliament to discuss SIR. “And now, when Home Minister Shri @AmitShah ji has openly challenged you to discuss SIR in Parliament and even offered a special session, why the hesitation. Enough of political theatrics, Rahul ji. Gandhi shared a video montage contrasting Mr. Just convince him to have an open debate with me. Any platform, any time.”
Arguing his case, the Minister reminded the Congress leader that his party took a shellacking when there was no SIR and lost three straight Lok Sabha polls in 2014, 2019 and 2024. Earlier reporting noted: Don’t confuse PM Modi, convince him for open debate with me: Rahul Gandhi to Amit Shah Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (November 6, 2026) said Home Minister Amit Shah should not confuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi and instead should convince the PM to have an open debate with him on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Shah’s remarks in Parliament in December last year that a debate on the SIR of electoral rolls cannot take place in the two Houses with his comments on Thursday (November 5, 2026) that the government is open to convening a special session of Parliament to discuss the SIR.
“Circulating cropped, out-of-context video of Home Minister Shri @AmitShah ji shows only one thing- @RahulGandhi’s absolute lack of homework on SIR,” Joshi, who recently took over as Education Minister after Dharmendra Pradhan quit in late July over NEET paper leak amid large scale student protests in Delhi, said. Here is what Amit Shah said in December last year about SIR which appears in line with what the Congress leader has posted. Bring your arguments to Parliament and debate with facts,” he said. Gandhi said, “Amit Shah ji, don’t confuse Modi ji.
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