New Delhi [India], August 8 : BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his "vote theft" claim and alleged that Congress had won elections by stealing votes, looting, booth capturing, and thuggery.
Sharing former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's reply in the Lok Sabha in 1980, Nishikant Dubey wrote, "Know the state of someone else's heart with your own heart. By stealing votes, looting, booth capturing, stamping, and thuggery, they have been winning elections since 1952."
"This is not me saying, it is your grandmother Indira Gandhi's response in the Lok Sabha on July 1, 1980, read it. The sorrow of losing power, will I bring back those days again?" Dubey added.
The alleged document shared by the BJP MP mentioned several malpractices in the elections, including forcible insertion of votes, snatching ballot boxes, and booth capturing.
This came as a response to Rahul Gandhi doubling down on his 'vote theft' claim. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha on Friday said that times would change and punishment would surely be meted out to those who were involved in the "scam".
"Vote theft is not just an electoral scam; it is a major betrayal committed against the Constitution and democracy. Let the nation's culprits hear this - times will change, punishment will surely be meted out," Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.
On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi said 1,00,250 "fake votes" were created in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment in the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka to ensure a win for the BJP.
Taking the reporters through a detailed presentation of the 'fraud' at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, the LoP alleged that "collusion" had happened between the Election Commission of India and the BJP, which resulted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi securing his third term.
"Narendra Modi became Prime Minister with just a margin of 25 seats...Election Commission is helping BJP destroy the electoral system in India...The Election Commission is not giving us the data because of what we did in Mahadevapura (Karnataka Assembly constituency); if we do it in other Lok Sabha seats, then the truth about our democracy will come out. This is the evidence, criminal evidence (pointing to the physical voter list)," Rahul Gandhi said.