Not just vote theft, it's rights theft: Rahul Gandhi on Centre's 'Voter ID for welfare schemes' remark

New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (November 6, 2026) slammed the Modi Government over Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh's remarks that voter ID will replace Aadhaar for identifying beneficiaries for social welfare programmes, saying "this isn't just vote theft, it's rights theft".

https://www.thehindu.com/topic/indian-national-congress/ https://www.thehindu.com/topic/Rahul_Gandhi/ Welfare payments will be based on voter IDs, not Aadhaar, says Panchayati Raj Minister storyline 1 The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha termed as a "conspiracy" the Modi Government Minister's announcement that benefits of schemes will now be determined not by Aadhaar, but by Voter ID.