Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday strongly responded to the Election Commission's (EC) comments asking him to prove his explosive "vote theft" allegations against BJP and the EC.
Speaking at the 'Vote Rights Rally' organised in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi declared that stealing votes was a betrayal of the Constitution, which was to be protected at all costs.
#WATCH | Bengaluru | At 'Vote Adhikaar Rally', Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says, "...BJP's ideology is against the Constitution of India. Every Congress leader and worker will protect it...Election Commission of India should give us the voter lists and video… pic.twitter.com/TerNtmzGZX
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“The Election Commission demands an affidavit from me. It says that I must take an oath. I have already taken the oath of the Constitution in Parliament,” Rahul Gandhi said in at the rally in Bengaluru.
The Congress MP also claimed that Election Commission websites in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar had been closed.
“Today, when the people of the country are asking questions about our data, the Election Commission has shut down its website. The Election Commission knows that if the public starts questioning them, their entire structure will collapse,” he added.
The Chief Electoral Officers of three states on Thursday had asked Gandhi to prove his explosive claims of "huge criminal fraud" by sharing the names of electors he claimed were either included or excluded wrongfully from the voter lists, along with a signed declaration for the poll authorities to initiate "necessary proceedings" in the matter. The EC added on Friday that if his allegations were indeed true, he should have "no problem" doing so.
#WATCH | Bengaluru | At 'Vote Adhikaar Rally', Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says, "We have protected the Constitution of India. The voices of Ambedkarji, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Patel echo in the Constitution of India. Basavana, Narayana Guru and… pic.twitter.com/gCIJKnu8nI
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Rahul Gandhi had earlier claimed that as many as 1,00,250 votes in a Karnataka constituency had been stolen, adding that there were also 11,965 duplicate voters in the segment, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters (or single address voters), 4,132 voters with invalid photos, and 33,692 voters misusing Form 6 (for new voters).
Claiming that the “vote chori model” was being used in many constituencies across the country, Rahul Gandhi also urged the judiciary to get involved in the issue because “the democracy that we love so much, does not exist anymore”.
