The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has alleged that a Congress leader is making false claims about rising poverty in India. It filed a complaint with the Election Commission and urged the body to take “strict action” against him.
In its complaint, the BJP also accused Gandhi of continuing to create a North-South divide in the country based on language and region to vitiate the poll atmosphere.
A BJP delegation comprising its national general secretary, Tarun Chugh and the party's national media department in-charge, Anil Baluni, approached the EC, accusing Gandhi of running false propaganda against the BJP amid the Lok Sabha elections.
“Rahul Gandhi is running a false campaign that 20 crore more people have become poor in the country while he doesn't have any evidence to back his claim,” Chugh told reporters after the BJP delegation lodged a complaint against the Congress leader with the EC.
He cited a Niti Aayog report stating that nearly 25 crore people have come out of poverty during the ten years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the country.
“The Election Commission assured us of taking strict action (against Gandhi) in this connection,” he added.
The BJP leader also alleged that Congress is creating a North-South divide based on language and region.
“We have lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Rahul Gandhi in this connection. We told EC that he is a serial and habitual offender of spreading lies, hatching conspiracy and creating confusion. While the country is progressing, Rahul Gandhi is talking about dividing the country into the lines of language and region,” he said.
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