Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], August 10 : Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday alleged that the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wants to turn India into Bangladesh after the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha accused the Election Commission of "vote theft."
Speaking with ANI, Dubey said, "Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi wants to make this country Bangladesh. Given the way he has raised questions about the ECI, he must understand that the elections here will not be conducted through Bangladeshi voters."
The BJP leader said that Rahul Gandhi reiterated the same thing that the EC has been saying and emphasised the need for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
"The thing he is saying in the press conference is the same as what EC has said. SIR is to remove the name of voters who are registered at four places. Rahul Gandhi have problems because the names of Bangladeshi workers are being cut," he said.
"Rahul Gandhi doesn't know that when Rajiv Gandhi was the PM, the Election Commissioner used to sit in the PMO...Rahul Gandhi represents those foreign forces which do not want strong leadership in the form of PM Modi," he said.
On August 7, Rahul Gandhi held a press conference, where he claimed that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were "choreographed" by the EC to benefit the BJP, which he said appeared "immune to anti-incumbency."
Citing internal analysis, Gandhi said the Congress expected to win 16 seats in Karnataka but ended up with only nine. He said the Congress investigated seven unexpected losses, zeroing in on Mahadevapura, where he alleged vote theft involving 1,00,250 votes.
Presenting Congress's research on voting in the Mahadevapura Assembly in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi alleged "vote chori" (vote theft) of 1,00,250 votes.
"Our internal polling told us we would win 16 seats in Karnataka; we won nine. We then focused on seven unexpected losses. We focused on Mahadevapur...All data is 2024 data from the Election Commission; the total votes polled in the Lok Sabha were 6.26 lakhs. The BJP won with 6,58,915, securing a margin of 32,707. But then we look at Mahadevapura, where Congress polls 1,15,586 and BJP polls 2,29,632. Congress wins all Vidhan Sabhas but this one," the Congress leader said.
In retaliation to Rahul Gandhi's allegations, EC has asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to either give a declaration as per the rules or apologise to the country for his "false" allegations regarding the voter lists.
"Rahul Gandhi should either give a Declaration as per rules or apologise to the country for his false allegations," ECI said in an official statement.