Amit Shah to Lead BJP Maha Padyatra in Hyderabad on November 2 Against Congress SIR Claims

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maha Padyatra in Hyderabad on November 2, as the party steps up its nationwide campaign against what it describes as misinformation spread by the Congress over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao announced the programme on October 30, saying Shah will join the march as its chief guest and address a public meeting at its concluding point. The march will begin at 3 pm from the Babu Jagjivan Ram statue opposite Nizam College in Basheerbagh and proceed to the Mozamjahi Market crossroads, where Shah will speak to the gathering. The padyatra is being organised under the slogan Loktantra Bachao, Arajakata Hatao, which translates as Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy. According to the Telangana BJP, thousands of people are expected to take part, including party workers, advocates, doctors, intellectuals and professionals from different fields. Rao said the campaign aims to explain the electoral roll revision exercise to the public and to counter the Congress narrative around it. He said objections to additions or deletions in the rolls can be raised before the Electoral Registration Officers, and he pointed to remarks by a Karnataka minister who, he said, had described the exercise in his state as transparent and in line with the rules. The Hyderabad march forms part of the BJP’s wider padyatra campaign on the same theme, which was launched nationally in late October and is scheduled to continue through November, with senior leaders leading marches in different states. In Haryana, the campaign includes a march in Rohtak on November 1 and a march in Karnal on November 5, where Shah is also scheduled to participate. For the BJP, the Hyderabad programme carries particular significance because it comes as the party and the Congress trade charges over the revision exercise. While the Congress has alleged irregularities in the rolls, the BJP has rejected those allegations and says the revision is a routine exercise to keep the voter lists accurate and up to date. The party says the padyatra is meant to take that message directly to the people, street by street, rather than leaving the debate confined to television studios and social media. Shah’s presence in Hyderabad, the Telangana BJP believes, will give the campaign added momentum in a state where the party is working to expand its organisation and its support base ahead of future elections.