Will further prove 'vote theft' in more dramatic ways across country: Rahul Gandhi in
Will further prove 'vote theft' in more dramatic ways across country: Rahul Gandhi in Raebareli
M.U.H
11/09/202517
LUCKNOW: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Congress’ Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi, on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday.
He reiterated his accusation of “vote theft.”
On the way to Rae Bareli, he stopped at an eatery and addressed the Congress workers saying that earlier, people used to smell rat in the electoral process but did not have evidence. However, now we have the evidence and yet the vote theft is going on. We have to stop it,” he exhorted the party workers.
He added that despite producing the evidence and protesting against vote theft, the EC was acting in an autocratic manner.
“Under such adverse conditions, you did not leave Congress' hands and that is commendable,” said the Congress MP.
The BJP, with the help of Election Commission, had been stealing the votes.
“If things will continue to move on like this, country’s politics will end. PM Narendra Modi wants to give your 'rightful' to Ambani and Adani.
He helps Ambani and Adani going out of his way.
"That is why I have given the slogan of ‘vote chori’,” said Rahul Gandhi.
He assured the Congressmen of protecting the rights of the people. In an interaction with media persons before an event. Rahul said: “The main slogan is 'vote chor, gaddi chhod' and that is being proved across the country. We will prove it again and again in more and more dramatic ways."
He explained at multiple gatherings through the day how EC helped BJP in winning elections in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana.
The Congress leader also accused the BJP government -- both at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh -- of trying to divert people’s attention from the main issues.
He said that prices were rising to the peak, unemployment was high as the central government was not capable of giving jobs. Exhorting the Congressmen to pull up their socks for the 2027 battle in UP, Rahul Gandhi asked them to visit every village and make people aware of Congress’s policies.
“You all are witnessing how small traders are suffering due to multiple taxes. You all should expose the failure of the BJP government which has levied so many taxes, leading to price rise. Only a few selected business families are flourishing at the cost of the common man,” he added.
Later in the day, while addressing a gathering of the Prajapati community (a backward community), the Congress MP targeted both the BJP and the RSS.
He claimed that 90 per cent of the population of India comprised of OBCs, Dalits and tribals but BJP and RSS did not want them to progress.
“Modi, himself an OBC, does not speak on caste census. I raised the issue in Parliament. PM spoke for one and a half hours, but with no reference to caste census,” claimed the Congress leader.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi faced opposition in Rae Bareli when Uttar Pradesh Horticulture Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh and his supporters staged a sit-in, chanting slogans like “go back, Rahul Gandhi,” on Wednesday.
The minister and his supporters sat on a dharna on the highway at Kathwara while Rahul Gandhi was on his way to Harchandpur. The protest forced Gandhi’s convoy to stop nearly one kilometre from its destination.
The minister was leading the protest over the use of abusive language against PM Modi and his mother at an election rally in Bihar recently.
The protestors were seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi saying that Modi was the Prime Minister for the entire nation, including Rahul Gandhi.
When police attempted to remove Minister Dinesh Singh, a brief scuffle ensued between his supporters and the authorities.
The situation was eventually brought under control after police managed to convince the protesters to clear the road.
Meanwhile, the Congress MP, while on his way to his parliamentary constituency, met Samajwadi Party leaders at Harchandpur.
Ahead of Rahul’s visit, a poster by the state secretary of Lohia Vahini, Rahul Nirmal Bagi, had drawn attention. The poster depicts Rahul, Akhilesh Yadav, and Tejashwi Yadav as the Hindu trinity—Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh.
During his visit, Rahul Gandhi will participate in administrative review meetings (DISHA) and attend various events on Thursday. This marks his sixth visit to Rae Bareli after the Lok Sabha elections. His previous visit to the constituency was on April 29-30.
