New Delhi [India], August 2 : Congress MP Digvijaya Singh on Saturday took a swipe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre, saying that they don't give the opposition time to raise the issue, but issue refutation without fail.
"The ruling party doesn't say a word about allegations levelled by the opposition," he added.
"When we (the opposition) ask for time, they (the ruling party) do not give us (oppn) time, but a refutation surely comes. Even in that, they do not say a single word about the allegations levelled by us," Singh, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, told ANI.
Speaking on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim of having evidence against the Election Commission, he said, "Wait and see."
Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajeev Shukla alleged that the Election Commission was hiding something since it refused to provide an electronic copy of the voter list that his party requested.
"On behalf of the Congress party, complete documentation has been provided to the Election Commission. Today, they presented data from Bihar showing that 70-80 lakh votes were removed, for which they are not providing any justification. The electronic copy of the voter list is being requested, but they are not providing that either. This means that somewhere, there is something that the Election Commission is hiding," Shukla told ANI.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today asserted that the election system in India was "already dead," and alleged that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were "rigged" and that he has proof to substantiate the claim.
Addressing the annual legal conclave titled 'Constitutional Challenges - Perspectives & Pathways', Gandhi said that he suspected over 80 Lok Sabha seats were rigged in the 2024 general elections.
"The truth is that the election system in India is already dead. The Prime Minister of India holds office with a very slim majority. If 15 seats were rigged, we suspect that the number is over 70 to 80, he would not have been the Prime Minister of India. We are going to prove to you in the coming few days how a Lok Sabha election can be rigged and was rigged," Gandhi said while addressing the gathering in the national capital.
Highlighting the six-month investigation carried out by Congress, he further alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) doesn't exist and has disappeared. According to documentation received from the EC, Gandhi said that the Congress has ascertained that nearly 1.5 lakh voters out of 6.5 lakh who voted in the Lok Sabha elections were "fake".
After Rahul Gandhi alleged "vote theft" earlier, the Election Commission of India fact-checked his claim over "irregularities in 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka. ECI said that the statement made by the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha is "misleading, baseless, and threatening."