Speaking at a Tuesday event, Union Home Minister Amit Shah forecast that the Congress party would face another defeat in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, and that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance would return to government with a strong parliamentary majority.

In a written statement, Shah accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of disseminating false information about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and of shielding people who had entered the country without authorisation, while also telling Gandhi and his party colleagues to brace for an electoral loss in 2029.

Shah predicted that the NDA would claim a commanding parliamentary majority when voters go to the polls in 2029, while Congress, he contended, was on course for a fourth straight electoral defeat.

The home minister, pushing back on parliamentary objections over the SIR process, put a direct question to Rahul Gandhi about whether the BJP's performance at the polls could be attributed to the voter roll revision exercise. Shah contended that the BJP's electoral standing and Prime Minister Modi's appeal had been attributed by some to a construct labelled 'SIR' rather than to genuine public support. He urged the opposing party to engage in self-reflection.

Shah, addressing the public, alleged that Gandhi and his associates were invoking their objections to the electoral roll revision as a pretext for protecting those who had entered the country without authorisation. His contention was that the public had already formed a judgement on how Congress had handled matters, and that tactical positioning for partisan advantage would do little to shift those views.

Voting patterns across multiple states formed the backbone of the home minister's case for the party's performance at the polls. Drawing on by-election outcomes across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, Shah pointed out that the Congress party had not secured a single seat across those contests.

The Nagaon constituency in Assam shifted hands as the BJP's candidate secured a lead of 1.42 lakh votes over the Congress, per Shah's account. Tallying the ballots cast across Nandigram in West Bengal, the BJP drew roughly 76 per cent of all votes counted, with its winning margin over the nearest rival reaching 1.22 lakh. A margin exceeding 75,000 votes separated the party from Trinamool Congress when results came in from Rejinagar.

Regarding Puducherry, Shah stated that the alliance between Congress and the All India N.R. Congress — a constituent of the NDA — carried that contest by a margin of 8,482 votes, with Congress drawing roughly 22 per cent of the total ballots cast.

Shah also addressed voting in three municipalities and municipal corporations in Gujarat's local body elections, with the BJP's showing in those contests forming part of his remarks. Ninety of the 104 available seats — spread across two municipalities and one municipal corporation — went to the party, Shah stated.

Within the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation — a body covering the same constituency Shah represents — the BJP took 38 of the available 44 council seats. The AAP fielded candidates in all 32 seats that went to the polls. Figures from the Gandhinagar contest showed the BJP's share of the vote climbing by ten percentage points relative to its tally in the preceding poll, Shah noted.

According to Shah, the Congress party has not held power in Gujarat through an electoral win for four decades, a period stretching back to its last triumph at the polls in 1985. Shah also stated that the party swept roughly nine in ten municipal corporation races across Rajasthan, while securing about two-thirds of both municipal council and municipality contests. According to that communiqué, more than 85 per cent of the wards across the state saw AAP nominees forfeit their election deposits.

Pointing to Tripura as an illustration of NDA performance, Shah noted that the alliance had taken roughly 4,000 village committee positions in total — a tally drawn from 3,248 seats in one category and a further 900 in another — on a combined vote share of 77.5 per cent. Out of 4,600 available seats, he noted, the Congress party secured only 14.

Shah expressed gratitude toward voters across Tripura, Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Assam, crediting their support with delivering gains for the BJP and the NDA. He interpreted the results as reflecting public support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP's lotus symbol, and the NDA coalition collectively — a reading he presented as vindicating what he described as nationalist political forces.