New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has responded to Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's voter fraud allegations. BJP MP and spokesperson Sambit Patra chaired a press conference and slammed the Grand Old Party for its "selective outrage".
"Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party never did any press conference on those states where they won the election.The public of the nation is seeing this selective outrage," Patra said.
Further questioning the Congress party for celebrating their Lok Sabha numbers he said, "If the Election Commission of India is compromised, as he says, then how can they celebrate their victory on 99 seats in the Lok Sabha elections."
Further atttacking Gandhi he said, "This is the peak of Rahul Gandhi's frustration. Our party played the role of the opposition party for the longest time, but none of our leaders ever threatened the officials of the Election Commission of India," Patra was quoted saying by news agency ANI.
Further questioning Rahul Gandhi's language he said, "Rahul Gandhi said that if there is no reply to my press conference, then there will be serious consequences...He said that if the opposition comes to power in the future, then they will take action against each official of the Election Commission of India. Is this a language of LoP?... This is a language of election rage."
ECI Responds
ECI took to X and said that the claims made by Rahul Gandhi are misleading.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka on Thursday hit out at Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over allegations of voter fraud against the poll body and has sought a declaration from Rahul Gandhi.
Responding To Rahul Gandhi's Press Conference the EC said, "You are kindly requested to sign and return the enclosed Declaration/Oath under Rule 20(3)(b) of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, along with the name(s) of such so that necessary proceedings can be initiated."
Rahul Gandhi Responds
Responding to Karnataka CEO's response to the allegations, Gandhi has said, “I'm a politician. What I say to the people is my word. I'm saying it publicly to everybody. Take it as an oath. This is their data, and we are displaying their data.”
What Rahul Gandhi Said?
Rahul Gandhi levelled serious allegations against the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday during a dramatic press conference held in the national capital. Presenting his claims using a powerpoint presentation, Gandhi accused the BJP and EC of colluding to 'steal' votes in both the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in Maharashtra and Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency.
