UNION HOME Minister Amit Shah on Thursday accused the Congress and its allies of using allegations of “vote chori” to “protect the voting rights of infiltrators”, and predicted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be voted out of power in Punjab in the Assembly elections next year.

He was addressing a gathering in Dwarka after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of multiple projects worth Rs 8,941 crore related to the Delhi Jal Board and the cleaning of the Yamuna River.

Attacking the Opposition over its allegations of electoral irregularities, he said the Congress and other Opposition parties were unable to accept the BJP’s electoral victories.

On allegations concerning EVMs and electoral rolls, Shah said the Congress had remained out of power in several states for decades, even before the BJP came to power at the Centre. He said the Congress had been out of power in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh for 41 years, in West Bengal for 54 years and in Tamil Nadu for 64 years.…