New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- In a high-voltage Lok Sabha session on Tuesday, the government's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ignited a fierce and impassioned debate, laying bare the stark political divides over the issue.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set a dramatic and urgent tone, invoking the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi to warn of rising threats to the nation's democratic foundations. He charged that divisive forces were at work to dismantle the very fabric of democracy, directly accusing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of infiltrating key institutions, including the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Election Commission (EC). "The RSS fundamentally does not believe in equality," Gandhi asserted, warning that und...