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Amit Shah: SIR is the Commission's exclusive domain, not Parliament's

Replying to entry statements-reporting-lok-sabha-electoral-reforms-debate

Replying to the debate, Home Minister Amit Shah said the SIR falls within the Commission's constitutional powers and cannot be answered by the government in Parliament, cited earlier intensive revisions under Congress governments, and said the exercise removes the dead, the shifted, duplicates and foreigners. When Rahul Gandhi asked him to debate his three press conferences, Shah said Parliament would not run to his wishes.

Attributed to Amit Shah, Union Home Minister

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Charge: Lok Sabha debates electoral reforms; Rahul Gandhi presses on rolls and CCTV

Responses: Amit Shah: SIR is the Commission's exclusive domain, not Parliament's

What the record shows: Supreme Court upholds Bihar SIR, traces power to Section 21(3)

On the SIR's legal basis, raised in the debate: the Supreme Court's later judgment of 27 May 2026 on the Bihar SIR traced the Commission's power to Section 21(3) of the RP Act, 1950.

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SOURCES

TIER 3 · PRESSSIR debate: Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi face off in Lok SabhaThe Federal2025-12-10
TIER 3 · PRESSRahul Gandhi challenges Shah to debate on his 3 PCs on 'vote chori'; Shah retortsANI via Babushahi2025-12-10

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