In 2024 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi, BJP made an assault on Constitution: Rahul Gandhi doubles down on ‘vote chori’ claim

He added: “In yesterday’s press conference, we have proved 100% that the Election Commission and the BJP have committed theft of votes.”

Gandhi, in a press conference held on Thursday, alleged that over one lakh votes from a constituency in Karnataka were “stolen” during the general elections last year. Hitting back at the Congress leader, the Election Commission urged him to sign a declaration regarding his claim or apologise to the nation.

Replying to the ECI’s demand, Gandhi said in Bengaluru today, “The Election Commission asks me to file affidavit under oath, however, I have taken oath inside Parliament holding Constitution.”

Attacking the Election Commission, he said, “Today, when people are questioning EC based on our data, it has shut its website.” He further claimed that the EC websites in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar have been closed.

Further, the former Congress president said, “In the (2024) Lok Sabha election, our alliance wins. But after 4 months, the BJP wins the Maharashtra Assembly election. It was a surprising election result. When we tried to find out, we learnt that 1 crore new voters cast their votes; 1 crore new voters who had never voted in the LS polls voted in the assembly election in Maharashtra.”

The Congress leader claimed that such new votes went to the BJP, which pointed to “wrongdoings.”

“Wherever these new voters cast their votes, the BJP won. The votes of our alliance did not reduce and we got exactly the same number of votes we had in the Lok Sabha election. The new voters went to the BJP in the Assembly election,” he added.

(With inputs from agencies)

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