Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has intensified his campaign against alleged vote theft through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. With Bihar elections approaching, his focus on this issue has raised doubts even within allies, who fear it could backfire and weaken the Mahagathbandhan’s chances.

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• Rahul Gandhi escalates vote theft allegations ahead of Bihar polls
• Says SIR is “institutionalised mechanism” for stealing votes
• Claims illegal deletions in Karnataka, additions in Maharashtra
• Promises “hydrogen bomb” revelations after earlier “atom bomb”
• Congress allies, including RJD, uneasy with single-issue focus
• Survey shows only 21% in Bihar see SIR as a poll issue
• Unemployment, migration, crime remain top voter concerns
• Gandhi’s 16-day Bihar Yatra focused mainly on SIR, vote chori
• Tejashwi Yadav stresses jobs, paper leaks, crime over SIR
• Congress leaders fear delegitimising democracy, weakening alliance