Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said that the BJP government was scared by the revelations of fake voters made by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. He said this was why the government wants to crush the peaceful protests by the Opposition.
“The way the police detained the opposition leaders who marched to the Election Commission office today, makes it clear that the government has abandoned accountability and has resorted to dictatorship. The Congress strongly condemns this undemocratic action,” he stated.
Responding to questions from mediapersons in Delhi, Hooda said Rahul Gandhi has revealed fake voters with proper evidence. “It was the responsibility of the Election Commission to answer it with facts, but the Commission is busy threatening the complainant instead,” he added.
Hooda said that the Election Commission is totally working as a part of the BJP government. “The Commission is now issuing notices and asking Rahul Gandhi for answers, whereas he should himself answer how so many fake votes were added to the voter list. This is a clear attempt to divert attention from the real issue,” he said, adding that the Commission should explain how the election results of the entire country, including Maharashtra and Haryana, came against the wishes of the people.
“Rahul Gandhi has also mentioned Haryana in his disclosure. Everyone saw how after voting in Haryana, the Election Commission repeatedly changed the voter turnout figures for three consecutive days. Whereas the final figures should have come by late evening on the day of voting,” he stated.
“Not only this, the figures of the last 5 elections show that the government in Haryana has always been formed by the party that won in the postal ballot, but this time the exact opposite has happened. Congress got a huge majority in 74 seats in the postal ballot, but BJP won in the EVM counting. Therefore, Congress has also demanded that elections should be held on ballot paper. If elections can be held on ballot papers in countries like America and Germany, then why not in India,” he questioned.