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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday again attacked Election Commission (EC) doubling down on his "vote chori" allegations and collusion of EC with BJP. He said that EC is accountable, adding, that it is their theft and they were asking him for an affidavit. He further said that the entire country would ask for their affidavit.
"We are going to detect your 'theft' in every state, every Lok Sabha constituency, every Vidhan Sabha constituency and show it to the country," he said. He was speaking on the Day 2 of his 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar's Gaya against the EC's SIR exercise. Attacking the EC over SIR, he said, "Just like Modi ji announces special packages, EC has brought a new special package for Bihar - SIR."
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha termed SIR as "theft through a new method". "It seems they have come to know that we have caught their 'theft'...So, they are trying to have a fresh theft in Bihar," Rahul added further.
He didn't hold back in warning election officials, and added: "Want to tell 3 election commissioners that when there'll be a INDIA bloc govt, we will take action against you for vote theft."
On "vote chori" he said: "When they do 'vote chori', they attack this soul (Constitution), they attack the Constitution, they attack Bharat Mata. We will let neither Narendra Modi nor the Election Commission attack this. Nobody can erase this Constitution."
Rahul's outburst came a day after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday set a seven-day deadline for leader of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi to either submit a declaration under oath along with proof of electoral roll irregularities alleged by him, or apologise to the nation as his ‘vote theft’ claims are rendered baseless and invalid.
The opposition INDIA bloc is also mulling over bringing an impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
This comes days after Rahul Gandhi unveiled what he had described as an “atom bomb” of evidence against the Election Commission. He cited data from Mahadevapura assembly segment under the Bengaluru Central parliamentary constituency in Karnataka and accused the EC of colluding with BJP. Mr Gandhi said the Congress had analyzed the Mahadevapura electoral rolls over six months and found over 1 lakh "bogus voters".
