'Vote chori': Prominent citizens hit out at Rahul; Cong challenges letter writers to question EC

NEW DELHI :A radical of 272 salient citizens including retired judges, bureaucrats and equipped forces veterans Wednesday wrote an unfastened letter, lashing retired astatine Congress neta Rahul Gandhi for unleashing his "impotent rage calved retired of repeated electoral failure" to tarnish EC's dignity.They said Rahul has repeatedly attacked EC implicit accusations of "vote theft" utilizing "unbelievably uncouth rhetoric", and claimed helium would "hound" officers erstwhile they superannuate from the canvass authority. They said alternatively of offering "genuine argumentation alternatives," Rahul has resorted to "unsubstantiated accusations." "Yet, contempt suchscathing accusations, determination has been nary ceremonial ailment filed by him, on with the prescribed sworn affidavit, to flight his accountability for levelling unsubstantiated allegations and threatening nationalist servants successful show of their duty," said the missive signed by NGT president Adarsh Kumar Goel, erstwhile judges S N Dhingra, Hemant Gupta, Rajiv Lochan, erstwhile RAW main Sanjeev Tripathi, erstwhile NIA manager Y C Mod and erstwhile main caput of UP, Deepak Singhal.Congress challenges missive writers to question ECCalling the signatories "applicants successful BJP's post-retirement employment exchange", Congress challenged the missive writers to inquire EC however determination are thousands of fake addresses and fake IDs successful electoral rolls, and however hundreds person the code of 1 house.