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After his “vote theft” charges, Leader of the Oppostion Rahul Gandhi has accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those who indulged in “vote chori” and “destroyed democracy” while citing data from a Karnataka assembly constituency to claim that votes of Congress voters were being systematically deleted in a targeted manner.
The Election Commission, however, dubbed the charges as “incorrect and baseless” and asserted that no deletion of votes can happen without giving an opportunity of being heard to the affected person.
The BJP said Gandhi’s repeated charges against constitutional institutions showed his and the Congress’ lack of faith in Indian democracy.
Mounting another frontal attack against the Election Commission, Gandhi said the poll panel must stop protecting “vote chors” and provide within a week information sought by the Karnataka CID in an investigation into voter deletions.
If not, it will be known for sure that it is complicit in the “murder of the Constitution”, Gandhi alleged at a press conference at the Congress’ Indira Bhawan headquarters accoring to media reports .
He also alleged that constitutional institutions are not doing their job properly and said the institutions within the country including the legal framework should step in.
Gandhi also made it clear at the outset that the revelations were not the “hydrogen bomb” that he had promised and he will soon reveal those details.
“I am going to make a serious claim about Gyanesh Kumar. I am not saying this lightly, I am the leader of the opposition. The CEC is protecting ‘vote chors’ and the people who have destroyed Indian democracy,” Gandhi alleged.
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“I am just creating the foundation. This has been going on for 10-15 years. India’s democracy has been hijacked. Democracy can only be saved by the people of India. Rahul Gandhi can show the truth. The day the people realise that their democracy and Constitution have been stolen, the job will be done,” he said.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha cited details of alleged attempts to delete 6,018 votes in Karnataka’s Aland constituency in the run up to 2023 assembly polls. He also gave the example of Maharashtra’s Rajura constituency where he claimed 6,850 voters were added in a “fraudulent” manner using automated software.
“Same system is doing this. It is doing it in Karnataka, Maharashtra, it has done it in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and we have proof of it,” the Congress leader alleged.
“Our demand is Gyanesh Kumar, do your job, you have taken an oath, you are India’s chief election commissioner, you must give evidence to the Karnataka CID,” Gandhi said asking the EC to provide the details within a week.
