Archive · 25 Sep 2026
BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of blaming poll panel for defeats
BJP spokesperson C R Kesavan criticized Rahul Gandhi.
He said Gandhi was blaming the Election Commission for Congress’s election losses.
Kesavan argued that Gandhi should accept responsibility for those defeats.
He also accused Gandhi and his family of running the Congress party like a dictatorship.
Kesavan said Gandhi had criticized reports of disagreement within the Election Commission.
He claimed the Election Commission had corrected claims made by Congress.
Kesavan also criticized Congress for opposing the SIR process.
He said the process is meant to remove ineligible or false voters from electoral lists.
He added that the Supreme Court had upheld the process’s constitutional validity in May.
BJP spokesperson C R Kesavan accused Rahul Gandhi of blaming the Election Commission and SIR for Congress’s electoral defeats.
Kesavan said Gandhi was avoiding personal responsibility for the party’s consecutive losses.
He alleged that Gandhi and his family run the Congress party like a dictatorship and cannot understand institutional dissent.
Kesavan claimed the Election Commission had fact-checked Congress after it relied on a lopsided article about the poll panel.
He questioned Congress’s opposition to SIR and said the Supreme Court upheld its constitutional validity in May.
- Who
- BJP spokesperson C R Kesavan criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
- What
- Kesavan accused Gandhi of shifting blame for Congress’s electoral defeats onto the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision process.
- When
- Thursday; Kesavan also referred to an Election Commission press release issued the previous day and a Supreme Court ruling in May this year.
- Where
- Chennai, in a video statement.
- Why
- Kesavan said Gandhi was avoiding responsibility for Congress’s losses and opposing the removal of ineligible, illegal and bogus voters from electoral rolls.
- Speaker
- C R Kesavan, national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Target
- Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader
- Main accusation
- Kesavan said Gandhi was blaming the Election Commission and SIR for Congress’s electoral defeats.
- Election process
- Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls
- Election Commission response
- Kesavan said the Election Commission fact-checked Congress through a press release issued the previous day.
- Court position cited
- Kesavan said the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of SIR in May this year.