Amit Shah banking on vote theft to secure victory in Bihar polls, says Congress leader

Targeting Home Minister Amit Shah for his recent statement that the NDA will win more than 160 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, the Congress on Monday (September 29, 2025) said the ruling alliance was banking on vote chori (vote theft) and vote revdi (vote doles) to get such a result.

In an X post, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that the abbreviation ‘VC’ stood for Vice Chancellor in education lingo, venture capital in the world of start-ups and Vir Chakra in the military. “But now there is a new kind of VC that is defining our politics – vote chori,” Mr. Ramesh alleged.

“And the sutradhar (director) has already unveiled the target for VC in Bihar. The Union Home Minister has confidently declared that the NDA will get more than 160 seats out of 243. He is hoping that VC plus VR (vote revdi plus vote doles) will bring about this outcome. The politically most conscious people of Bihar will defeat these machinations,” the Congress leader added.

Asserting that the Mahagatbandhan or the grand alliance, which the Congress is part of, will emerge victorious in Bihar, Mr. Ramesh said, “And the first place the tremor will be felt is New Delhi.”

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On Saturday (September 27, 2025), Mr. Shah had alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his allies such as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad were trying to “secure voting rights for infiltrators”.

“I promise you that each and every infiltrator will be driven out of Bihar if the NDA wins with a two-third majority, with a tally of 160-plus seats,” he had told a gathering in Bihar’s Araria on Saturday (September 27, 2025).