India, Nov. 25 -- Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Monday charged the opposition with trying to "protect infiltrators" by raising questions over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Talking to reporters here, Rai, the minister of state for home, alleged that the stance adopted by leaders like Rahul Gandhi was guided by a "politics of appeasement" and showed a disregard for "national interest".

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