‘Same method in MP, Chhattisgarh’: Rahul Gandhi escalates ‘vote theft’ charge; hits out at BJP, EC

NEW DELHI: Congress person and person of absorption successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has widened his complaint of “vote theft”, alleging that the Haryana assembly polls were not an isolated case. Addressing reporters successful Panarpani, Madhya Pradesh connected Sunday, helium claimed that the BJP utilized the aforesaid method successful earlier elections arsenic well, including successful Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.“After seeing the information that I besides presented successful a property league astir however ballot theft took spot successful Haryana, I deliberation the BJP has done the aforesaid happening successful Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. We person each the grounds and volition merchandise it 1 by 1 – what we person shown truthful acold is lone a little,” helium said.

Rahul said determination was an effort to institutionalise “vote chori”, adding, “There is an onslaught connected ideology and the Constitution of B.

R. Ambedkar. PM Modi, Amit Shah, and CEC Gyanesh Kumar are straight progressive successful it.” He claimed the Congress volition merchandise further grounds successful phases and asked the younker to “resist this wholesale theft of democracy”.

On 5 November, Rahul Gandhi held a property league wherever helium presented what helium called “The H-files”, accusing the BJP of “stealing” the 2024 Haryana assembly election. He cited electoral rotation information to assertion that 25 lakh entries were fake and the Election Commission had “colluded” with the BJP to guarantee its victory.

He alleged a “centralised plan” and pointed to a ‘Brazilian model’ whose photograph was utilized 22 times successful 10 booths nether names specified arsenic “Seema, Sweety and Saraswati”.Also read: Brazilian 'model' reacts aft Rahul Gandhi’s Haryana voter-fraud allegationThe legislature person said, “One successful 8 voters successful Haryana are fake and contempt that the Congress loses by 22,779 votes which was the quality successful 8 seats.” Claiming 1,24,177 fake pictures were used, helium argued, “You tin recognize that determination was nary predetermination successful Haryana.

There was a theft (of elections) successful Haryana and it is precise wide who is liable for the theft.”According to him, “Sarkar Chori” had destroyed ideology and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was the latest weapon. Rahul alleged that the Election Commission and the BJP ran “Operation Sarkar Chori” to person a Congress triumph into a loss. “Why is the Election Commission not removing duplicates? It is due to the fact that if it does so, it would effect successful just elections and it doesn’t privation just elections,” helium said.

He besides accused the CEC of lying erstwhile helium said “house fig zero” was utilized for radical without ceremonial addresses.

He told reporters: “Every azygous absorption enactment understands this, they tin spot this...If the elector database is simply a lie, determination is nary democracy. My relation arsenic an absorption person is to fto you cognize the existent satellite that you are surviving in.” Asked astir approaching the courts, Rahul Gandhi responded, “The Supreme Court, the highest tribunal successful the country, is watching… it is not hidden.”

The BJP dismissed Rahul's claims arsenic “false and baseless”, accusing him of defaming India’s institutions to divert attraction from governmental setbacks. Union curate Kiren Rijiju said helium was “raising questions connected the Election Commission to fell his failures and defame the country’s democracy.” He accused Gandhi of trying to “instigate the GenZ”, insisting specified efforts would not succeed. “The young procreation is firmly lasting by Modiji,” helium said.Rijiju besides questioned wherefore the Lok Sabha LoP had not filed complaints earlier the Election Commission oregon courts, arguing, “But they bash not person to record immoderate entreaty earlier the EC oregon attack the court. He (Gandhi) volition conscionable telephone a property conference, springiness a presumption made by idiosyncratic other and tally away," helium said and asked, "Will ideology relation successful specified a manner?"Defence curate Rajnath Singh excessively criticised Rahul Gandhi during a rally successful Bihar, saying, “If Rahul Gandhi thinks that the votes of the radical of Bihar are being stolen, wherefore does helium not record a written ailment with the Election Commission?” Singh accused Gandhi of misleading voters and claimed the Congress was resorting to “lies” for governmental success.

Election Commission (EC) officials told quality bureau PTI that Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of elector manipulation were “unfounded.” They said nary appeals were filed against the electoral rolls and nary instances of aggregate voting were reported. Responding to Gandhi’s assertion that 25 lakh entries were “fake” and that the polls were “stolen,” officials questioned wherefore Congress booth-level agents failed to rise objections during the revision process.

(With inputs from agencies)