'3 Incidents': Amit Shah Says Nehru Became PM Via 'Vote Chori', Indira Gandhi Stole Rae Bareli Poll

Last Updated:December 10, 2025, 19:29 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused previous Nehru-Gandhi regimes of engaging in electoral theft, calling them "generational vote 'chors'"

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 10, 2025. (Image: Sansad TV/PTI)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi clashed over ‘vote chori’ and electoral reforms, such as the ongoing pan-India special intensive revision of electoral rolls, in Parliament on Wednesday.

The ongoing winter session descended into fiery debate when Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi sparred over allegations of ‘vote chori’ during a discussion on electoral reforms in the Lok Sabha.

The argument escalated when Shah retaliated against Gandhi’s allegations of voter fraud by accusing previous Nehru-Gandhi regimes of engaging in electoral theft, calling them “generational vote chors".

“I would like to tell you about 3 incidents of voter chori. First, after independence, the PM of the country was to be elected…Sardar Patel got 28 votes and Jawaharlal Nehru got 2 votes. But Jawaharlal Nehru became the Prime Minister…" Shah told the Lok Sabha, directly accusing India’s first prime minister of vote theft.

The confrontation began when Gandhi interrupted Shah’s address, challenging him to engage in a full debate based on the contents of his three press conferences where he alleged widespread voter fraud and manipulation by the Election Commission (EC) of India in collusion with the ruling BJP.

“Amit Shah ji, I challenge you to have a debate on the three press conferences," Gandhi said, pressing the home minister to explain recent legislative decisions.

“He (Shah) must tell us the thinking behind this. He talked of Haryana, he gave one example but there are numerous examples (of vote chori)," he said, specifically questioning the reasoning behind granting full immunity to election commissioners.

Shah fiercely resisted the demand, saying he will not adjust his speaking order or frame his debate as per the wishes of the opposition. He said Gandhi “can’t run the parliament with your obstinacy" and demanded patience. When Gandhi hit back, labelling his response as “completely defensive", “frightened", and “not genuine", Shah broadened his attack.

He defended the government’s efforts regarding the special intensive revision (SIR) explaining it is the specific “procedure to sanitise the voter list". He accused the opposition of “double standards", stating: “When you win, EC is great. When you lose, EC is useless and works at BJP’s behest."

Shah countered the opposition’s claims that BJP avoids anti-incumbency by arguing that anti-incumbency affects only those “who work against the public interest" and acknowledged that while the BJP rarely faces it, “it is not as if we have never lost any election after 2014".

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