BJP leader Sambit Patra on Sunday lashed out at Congress’ ‘Vote theft’ rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, contending that it is an attempt to malign the election process of the country. He alleged that the main Opposition party was holding the event in its bid to "protect infiltrators" from being removed from the electoral rolls.
Speaking to the media, Patra said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has bought "truth" before the country during the discussion in the Parliament on electoral reforms. The ruling BJP asserted that the Congress will not succeed in its design of misleading people as well as "insulting and defaming" constitutional institutions, because the entire world knows that India's democracy is "very robust".
"The way Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi organised the 'Ghuspaithiya Bachao Yatra', spewed venom on the Election Commission of India...The kind of language used by Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi that they will not leave the Election Commissioners and threatening them by taking their names is an attempt to malign the Election process of the nation," he said.
"This shows that you do not have truth in your hand, yet you are trying to create an atmosphere of confusion. The Congress' rally is an exercise to protect 'ghuspaithiyas (infiltrators)'. This is what the Congress is doing," the BJP MP told reporters."The Congress party may try all it wants to mislead the people as well as insult and defame our constitutional institutions. But, the entire world knows that India's democracy is very robust and it cannot be shaken," he added.
"PM Modi and the Union Home Minister Amit Shah have already brought the truth before the nation during the debate in the session. Congress has never respected the constitutional institutions of the nation," he added.The BJP leader accused the Congress of holding the rally to pursue its "appeasement politics" and dared Rahul Gandhi to challenge the Bihar Assembly polls if he felt that there was any irregularity.
"Rahul ji, you still have perhaps 10 days left in your hands. You can still file a complaint if you feel that there was any irregularity (in the poll process) in any of the seats in the Bihar assembly polls," Mr. Patra said.Meanwhile, in Patna, state minister Ram Kripal Yadav said that the result in Bihar's assembly elections has shown that the public has rejected Congress, and in the future, "Congress will be wiped out everywhere."
"The public has rejected Rahul Gandhi, his party. The issue (vote theft) over which they are protesting, the public has rejected it in Bihar, in the coming times, Congress will be wiped out everywhere. The more they oppose Prime Minister Modi, the stronger Modi ji will become," Yadav said.
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