Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Kumar Nishad on Monday attacked Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Election Commission in Boston.
Speaking to ANI, Nishad said, “…There is a saying in Ramayan, one sees what he thinks…All these parties have been in politics for the past 70 years, misusing their powers…and at that time, they received protection from these agencies. Today they are getting punished in our regime…”
Defending the independence of the Election Commission, he stated, “EC is an independent body, and raising fingers at it is not right…”
Earlier, BJP leader CR Kesavan also attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he has embarked on yet another “Bharat Badnaam Yatra”. Furthermore, BJP leader Sambit Patra also attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying that the Congress party is creating an atmosphere of unrest throughout the country.
“This is Rahul Gandhi’s old habit of insulting the country on foreign soil… He has been doing this for a long time… ED has mentioned the names of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in its chargesheet, and they could even go to jail for looting the country… Meanwhile, the Congress party is creating an atmosphere of unrest in the entire country… Those who are out on bail of Rs 50,000, if they feel they can destroy the image of this great democracy by going abroad and speaking their then they are totally on the wrong side of the line,” Patra said.
BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill mocked Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the EC in Boston and said that he suffered from the “Entitled Child Syndrome” (ECS), further stating that he insulted the nation and blamed the Indian democracy for the sake of covering his failures, which was also his addiction.
Shergill also questioned why the Congress leader did not speak on the role of the EC in the states where Congress won.
The remarks by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were made during his address to the Indian diaspora in Boston. Gandhi had alleged that the Election Commission (EC) in India was “compromised,” further stating that there was something fundamentally wrong with the system.
Citing the example of the Maharashtra elections, the Senior Congress leader stated that there was an addition of 65 lakh voters to the voter list in two hours, which was impossible.
“More people voted in Maharashtra than the total number of people in Maharashtra, and this is a fact… the Election Commission gave us a figure in the evening around 5:30 p.m., and in two hours around 7:30 p.m., 65 lakh voters had voted, which is physically impossible…” he claimed, addressing the meeting. (ANI)
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