Rahul warns EC officials of action for 'vote chori' when INDIA bloc forms govt

Asserting that vote chori is an attack on Bharat Mata Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday warned the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners of stern action when the INDIA bloc forms governmentIn a blistering attack on the Election Commission he also said that just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about special package the poll body had also brought in a new special package for Bihar which is named SIR special intensive revision a new form of vote theftAddressing a gathering here the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha said the Election Commission was asking him to file an affidavit even after the poll panels vote theft had been caughtI want to tell the EC that the whole country will ask you to give an affidavit Give us some time we will catch your theft in every assembly and Lok Sabha seat and put it before the people he saidWhat did they do Like PM Narendra Modi ji talks of a special package the EC has brought a new special package for Bihar named SIR which means a new form of vote theft Gandhi said as he wound up the second day of the Voter Adhikar Yatra with RJDs Tejashwi Yadav by his sideThe former Congress chief also launched a direct attack on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek JoshiWhatever I say I do it You have seen that I dont lie from the stage these three election commissioners I want to tell them that it is Modijis government right now Tejashwi Yadav ji said that you election commissioners have taken BJP membership and are working for themBut understand one thing a day will come when there will be an INDIA bloc government in Bihar and Delhi then we will take action against the three of you Youve stolen vote from the whole country Gandhi saidAmid rain Gandhi held up a copy of the Constitution and said the Constitution is of Bharat Mata and has been framed by the likes of B R Ambedkar Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal NehruIt has the voice of the soul of India When they steal votes they attack the Constitution and Bharat Mata Nobody can touch this Constitution he assertedElection commissioners must hear out that if they dont do their job there will be strict action against them Gandhi addedHe said that after realising that vote chori had happened in Maharashtra and Haryana the Congress investigated and found evidence of it after analysing the data of one assembly segment under a Karnataka Lok Sabha seatI said clearly that one lakh votes were stolen in one assembly segment and what does the Election Commission do It does not say that the leader of the opposition has raised questions and let us check it Instead they ask me to give an affidavitThen they say why you did not complain earlier they say if you do not give an affidavit within a week then this complaint has no meaning Gandhi said addingThey EC are responsible their theft has been caught and they are asking me to file an affidavitThe senior Congress leader claimed that the poll panel got to know that their theft had been caught in Maharashtra and Haryana which is why they have come up with a new form of theft through SIR of electoral rolls in BiharGandhi asserted that Prime Minister Modi and the EC will not succeed in carrying out vote chori in BiharVote chori is done to snatch away your future and your house from you Adani is given the whole infrastructure from airports to ports but if you want to dream of opening a firm the youth in Bihar cannot dream because your vote is being snatchedTherefore we have started the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar so that EC knows that if they try to indulge in vote chori here the people of Bihar will teach them a lesson Gandhi saidThe leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remarks a day after Chief Election Commissioner CEC Gyanesh Kumar served a sevenday ultimatum to him for submitting a signed affidavit to back his claims else the allegations would be considered baseless and invalidIn his first press conference after Gandhi levelled allegations of vote chori in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and several opposition leaders flagged issues about the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar CEC Kumar asked the Congress leader to either apologise or back his claims with a signed affidavit as required under electoral rulesGive an affidavit or apologise to the nation There is no third option If an affidavit is not given within seven days this means that all allegations are baseless said Kumar on Sunday flanked by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek JoshiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever