On the launch of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram, Bihar, Congress chief and Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi got here down closely on BJP and RSS.
Launching the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram, Bihar, Congress MP and chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing assault on the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “This can be a combat to avoid wasting the Structure. In the entire nation, RSS and BJP are attempting to erase it,” he mentioned earlier than setting off on the 16-day yatra. Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of systematically stealing elections from meeting polls to Lok Sabha contests by way of manipulation of electoral rolls and collusion with the Election Fee of India (ECI).
“In Maharashtra, opinion polls predicted INDIA bloc’s win, and we received within the Lok Sabha polls. However simply 4 months later, the BJP alliance swept the meeting elections. We investigated and located that the ECI added 1 crore new voters after the Lok Sabha elections. Wherever these new voters have been added, BJP received,” he claimed.
‘We have now proof, however they need silence’
Rahul additional alleged that in not less than one Karnataka constituency, over one lakh votes have been manipulated, instantly leading to a BJP win. He mentioned the Congress sought video footage and voter knowledge however was stonewalled by the ECI. “We held a press convention. The very subsequent day, the EC requested me to file an affidavit. However they don’t ask BJP leaders for a similar after they make related claims. What sort of neutrality is that this?”
He turned his consideration to Bihar particularly, warning voters that “vote theft is going on in Bihar” and vowed to not let the BJP “steal” one other election.“I do know PM Modi is not going to conduct a real caste census. However we are going to. We’ll expose the SIR (Particular Institutional Registration) conspiracy too,” Gandhi mentioned.
He thanked RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav for attending the occasion regardless of well being issues.
‘Bihar is the mom of democracy’: Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, talking earlier than the yatra’s launch mentioned, “Pandit Nehru, Ambedkar, Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi—they fought to your proper to vote. Now, that proper is being challenged from the Pink Fort itself.” Kharge mentioned that the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ is “not only a political marketing campaign however a combat for India’s soul.”
“Voting rights belong to the poor, the marginalized, everybody. They can’t be snatched by bureaucratic manipulation or digital theft,” he added.
‘This isn’t theft, it dacoity’: Tejashwi
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav echoed Rahul and Kharge. “They’re declaring individuals lifeless to delete their names from voter lists. This isn’t ‘vote chori’—it’s dacoity. Modi ji and Shah ji ought to know that Bihar is not going to enable this,” he mentioned. “‘Vote ka adhikar, matlab chhot ka adhikar.’ You can’t crush the voice of the marginalized utilizing establishments just like the ECI,” he warned.