New Delhi [India], August 13 : Amid the Congress party's protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has accused the Election Commission of avoiding responsibility for the alleged manipulation of election results and claimed that the BJP is defending it.
"... Election results are being manipulated. The Election Commission is not ready to take accountability, and the BJP has come forward to defend them... We will all have to fight against the attempt to impose dictatorship by creating an atmosphere of fear... All opposition parties will unite to fight against this and join this campaign," Chaturvedi told ANI.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Congress MP KC Venugopal announced that the party will hold a 'Vote chor, gaddi chhodd' rally at 8 pm on August 14 in all districts across the country.
The protest is being organised in response to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar and Congress' allegations of "vote theft" by the ruling party, which the party claims the poll body has failed to address.
The announcement came after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a meeting of General Secretaries and In-Charges at the party headquarters in New Delhi earlier in the day.
Venugopal informed that the Congress party will also launch a nationwide signature campaign from September 15 to October 16, with a target of collecting five crore signatures to be submitted to the Election Commission of India.
"On 14th August, we will do a night march all over India, a district-level night march. 'Vote chor, gaddi chhodd' rally at 8 pm on 14th August, in all districts. Then from August 21 to September 7, we will do state-level 'Vote chor, gaddi chhodd' rallies...From September 15 to October 15, a massive signature campaign will take place with the same slogan. We will submit 5 crore signatures to the EC, KC Venugopal told ANI.