'Hum nahin sudhrenge': Bihar BJP MP's Sholay jab at Rahul Gandhi, ‘first vote chori in Patel vs Nehru 1947' | India News

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**Rephrased Title:** 'BJP MP Trolls Rahul Gandhi with Sholay Quote, Claims 'Vote Chori' Allegations Helped BJP in Bihar | India News' **Rephrased Article:** In a scathing speech in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Bihar BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal took a jab at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, citing a famous dialogue from the classic Bollywood film Sholay. Jaiswal's speech was part of the debate on electoral reforms, during which he thanked Rahul Gandhi for raising the issue of "vote chori" (theft) in Bihar. However, Jaiswal claimed that Rahul Gandhi's allegations actually helped the ruling BJP-led NDA in winning the election. "Rahul Gandhi's focus on the issue confused the people of Bihar, making them wonder whose vote was 'stolen'. Most of them filled the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) forms, and couldn't understand what he was saying," Jaiswal said. Jaiswal also suggested that Rahul Gandhi missed an opportunity to highlight the performance of Nitish Kumar's JDU-BJP regime, which has been in power for 20 years. "There could have been many things to point out in a 20-year tenure, but he kept saying 'SIR', 'SIR', 'vote chori'... which didn't resonate with the people," Jaiswal said. The BJP MP also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips, saying that Amit Shah, the BJP's chief strategist and Home Minister, never goes abroad because he focuses on home turf. "Our PM has not taken a day off in years, while you (Rahul) went on a 20-day tourist trip of Bihar, but when the election came, you went for a trip abroad," Jaiswal said. Jaiswal then referred to the Sholay dialogue, saying, "Those who wanted to set us right have set themselves right, but we remain as we were." He claimed that the Opposition's refusal to let go of the SIR issue, even after a massive defeat in Bihar, was reminiscent of the dialogue. In a surprising move, Jaiswal went back to 1947, claiming that the then Congress leadership's choice of Jawaharlal Nehru over Vallabhbhai Patel for the first PM of independent India was the "first and biggest instance of vote chori" in India. He also mentioned the 1975-77 Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi as another such instance. Jaiswal also suggested that the Opposition parties should continue to raise the issue of removing infiltrators from voter lists in the upcoming West Bengal election. "We will also talk about the failures of the Trinamool government of Mamata Banerjee," he said. The SIR is currently on in West Bengal, and the ruling Trinamool Congress has been opposing it. Jaiswal insisted that the SIR was "only to clean up the voter rolls, which is the bedrock of free and fair elections as envisaged by our Constitution's maker Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar." The BJP has been focusing on West Bengal in the winter session of Parliament, and Jaiswal repeated the slogan "Bihar toh hamara ho gaya, ab Bengal ki baari hai" ('We have won Bihar, it's now time for Bengal').