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Kiren Rijiju said Rahul Gandhi and the Congress Party supported SIR and added that "truth prevails." Kiren Rijiju also said the Congress Party justified the SIR process and that a clean voter list is needed. The BJP says the Opposition’s claim that 13 crore “genuine voters” were deleted is “pure political drama.” The BJP says the figure actually includes 9.5 crore people absent, shifted or for other reasons, 2.7 crore deceased, and 1 crore+ in another category.
Jairam Ramesh, for the Indian National Congress, alleged that "vote theft" is being carried out in Uttar Pradesh through SIR and said the Modi-Shah duo is using their "last weapon" out of fear of certain defeat. Ramesh also said a report by The Reporter's Collective shows large-scale deletions from the voter list in Uttar Pradesh.