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BJP Accuses Rahul Gandhi of Stirring Anarchy Over Vote-Chori
Opposition lawmakers marched to protest the Election Commission and demand the chief election officer’s resignation.
They have raised concerns about alleged wrongdoing in voter lists and a change to a form used to register voters.
Police stopped the march, and Congress leaders were later detained after a long standoff.
The BJP said the accusations were not supported and accused Rahul Gandhi of trying to create confusion.
BJP leaders said voter lists should be checked to remove incorrect entries.
They also said the Supreme Court had not yet ruled that Form 6 was illegal.
The story mainly reports the BJP’s response, alongside the opposition’s stated reason for protesting.
The BJP criticized an INDIA bloc MPs’ march seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of vote theft.
Opposition MPs were stopped from heading to the Election Commission office; a standoff at Akashwani Bhavan lasted more than eight hours before Congress leaders were removed and detained.
BJP leaders called the allegations baseless and said the protest was an attempt to create confusion and undermine constitutional institutions.
The BJP defended cleaning electoral rolls, arguing that deceased, duplicate and non-citizen entries should not remain.
The BJP said the Supreme Court had issued notices on a petition concerning Form 6 but had not ruled that the form was illegal, contrary to Rahul Gandhi’s claim.
- Who
- BJP leaders, INDIA bloc MPs and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi; the protest sought the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- The BJP condemned an opposition march against the Election Commission and rejected allegations of vote theft.
- Where
- New Delhi, including Akashwani Bhavan and the BJP headquarters.
- When
- Monday, October 6; the year is not specified in the article.
- Why
- The INDIA bloc was protesting over alleged electoral irregularities and pressing for the CEC’s resignation; the BJP said the allegations were baseless and defended electoral-roll revision.
Opposition
BJP
Alleged vote theft
Opposition
The INDIA bloc protested over alleged electoral wrongdoing and sought the CEC’s resignation.
BJP
BJP leaders called the vote-theft allegations baseless and accused Rahul Gandhi of creating confusion and risking unrest.
Electoral-roll revision
Opposition
The opposition objected to the Election Commission’s actions and raised concerns about Form 6 and voter-list changes.
BJP
The BJP said voter rolls should be cleaned of deceased, duplicate and non-citizen entries, and said the Supreme Court had not declared Form 6 illegal.
Key facts
- Protest organizers
- Opposition INDIA bloc MPs
- Protest demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- BJP spokespersons quoted
- Sudhanshu Trivedi and Sambit Patra
- Union ministers quoted
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kiren Rijiju
- Standoff
- More than eight hours at Akashwani Bhavan
- Form 6
- Used by people seeking inclusion in the voters’ list
- Supreme Court proceeding
- The BJP said the court issued notices on a petition and had not ruled that Form 6 was illegal.
Quotes
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union minister
“Friends in the opposition, the very system you are questioning is the one under which you won in Kerala. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Karnataka. Was that victory illegitimate? You won in Himachal. Was that victory illegitimate? Opposition governments were formed in Punjab and Jharkhand; were those victories illegitimate?”
theprint.in
“How many times has Rahul Gandhi ever camped in a poll-bound state for at least one week or two weeks and campaigned for his party”
theprint.in
Sources
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