Have 'atom bomb' to prove EC is helping BJP steal votes, says Rahul
NEW DELHI: Congress functionary
Rahul Gandhi
Friday said his party has collected "atom bomb" of evidence to prove that EC is helping
BJP
steal votes, stepping up his attack on "vote chori" on a day he led the joint opposition in writing to Lok Sabha Speaker demanding an immediate discussion on the review of electoral rolls in Bihar.
The opposition told Speaker that the issue has a direct bearing on the "right to vote" and "conduct of free and fair elections", and merits an urgent debate.
Talking about Congress' probe, likely about voters' list for Bangalore Rural LS seat, Rahul told reporters, "What we found is atom bomb; I mean EC will be blown away when that atom bomb explodes". The opposition's letter to Om Birla - signed by Congress, DMK, NCP-SP, RSP, SS-UBT, SP, TMC and RJD - expressed serious concern over the Bihar poll roll revision being done just before elections.
It said EC has also announced the exercise will be done nationally, despite apprehensions about "transparency, timing and intent of process".
The letter said the opposition had on several occasions listed a discussion on SIR as a priority, but the Modi govt has not notified a date yet.
As he doubled down on his allegations, Rahul warned that officials involved in the "theft" will not be spared. "...because you are working against India, which is treason.
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Remember, wherever you are, whether retired or whatever, we will find you," he said. Rahul argued that Congress had suspicions after assembly polls in MP, which solidified after LS polls, and were further deepened with Maharashtra contest last year.
Since EC was not helping with voters' lists, the party conducted its own deep dive into voters data.
Meanwhile, BJP Friday took a swipe at Rahul's "atom bomb" claim, asking him to "flow like water" instead of "exploding like a bomb". "If they explode a bomb, we will save Constitution," said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. He said the Opposition speaks of such things because they have no faith in democracy.
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