New Delhi [India], September 1 : Amid the row over alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 'Voter Adhikaar Yatra' in Bihar's Darbhanga, Delhi Haj Committee Chairperson Kausar Jahan on Monday said that Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has lost his chances of coming to power.
Jahan said that the allegations of "vote theft" levelled by the Congress MP stand "exposed" since he has neither sought the court's help nor submitted any affidavit to the Election Commission (EC) to strengthen his claims.
"Rahul Gandhi's Yatra is 'Hatasha Mitao Yatra', but the disappointment has only increased. Because derogatory language and words have been used about the Prime Minister, his (Gandhi's) chances of coming into power have completely vanished. His vote chori claim has been completely exposed, which is why he neither sought the court's help nor submitted any affidavit to the Election Commission. And he asks for votes, on the other hand, showing double standards," the Delhi Haj Committee Chairperson told ANI.
She added, "He (Rahul Gandhi) is just trying to mislead the public, especially the Muslim community. Such great development is going on in Kashmir, where is the problem?"
Earlier in the day, Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut claimed that nobody from the opposition was abusing anyone, instead shifting the blame onto BJP leaders.
"Nobody is abusing anyone. Modi himself started the trend of abusing each other at the national stage in politics. Now, PM Modi and the BJP are scared. Be it Rahul Gandhi or Tejashwi Yadav, show me if anyone abused anyone. I have also followed the Yatra. It is the BJP people who hurl abuses and blame us. It was the BJP workers who entered the crowd," Raut told ANI.
The BJP has been targeting the opposition over alleged abuses hurled at PM Modi, while the opposition has refuted such claims, arguing that the ruling party in the centre was raising such issues to distract from the important ones.
The 16-day yatra, undertaken by Rahul Gandhi to highlight allegations of 'vote chori' (vote theft) by the BJP and the alleged irregularities in the revised voter list by the Election Commission of India (ECI), is scheduled to conclude in Patna today.
The rally began on August 18, with Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav riding together in Sasaram. From there, the rally spanned across 25 districts, to Aurangabad, Gayaji, Siwan, and others.
Multiple other INDIA bloc leaders have attended the yatra at various points. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin have joined the rally.
Other chief ministers, including Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, participated in the yatra.