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- Rahul Gandhi alleged that Indian elections are rigged and pointed to reports of objections raised by two Election Commissioners regarding electoral-roll management.
- The Election Commission rejected the claim, stating that its decisions were unanimous.
- A Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson criticized Gandhi's assessment of political history and anti-incumbency trends.
- The controversy centers on the implementation of the State Integrated Roll (SIR) exercise.
What to watch next
- Developments regarding the SIR exercise and electoral-roll management procedures.
- Further responses from the Election Commission of India regarding the reported internal objections.
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Rahul Gandhi
2 quotes · 1 outlet
“Indian elections, Lok Sabha Elections, 2024 elections, Vidhan Sabha Elections are all being rigged. The people on top of that list are who we call the conspirators. By the way, Mr Gyanesh Kumar, who is sitting there two election commissioners, two election commissioners are raising questions about that man. I have been raising questions; those questions were ignored. People of India believed it. But the institutional framework of India was not interested. But now, two election commissioners, by the way, chosen by the leadership. Gyanesh Kumar was chosen by the Prime Minister of India, not by anybody less. He was chosen by Amit Shah. And now two election commissioners are saying that Mr Gyanesh Kumar is responsible for the chaos, for the damage that has taken place to our voting system,”
In the article
…elections had been "rigged". The Congress leader also questioned why anti-incumbency, which he said had historically affected governments across states, appeared to have weakened in recent elections involving the BJP. " Indian elections, Lok Sabha Elections, 2024 elections, Vidhan Sabha Elections are all being rigged. The people on top of that list are who we call the conspirators. By the way, Mr Gyanesh Kumar, who is sitting there two election commissioners, two election commissioners are raising questions about that man. I have been raising questions; those questions were ignored. People of India believed it. But the institutional framework of India was not interested. But now, two election commissioners, by the way, chosen by the leadership. Gyanesh Kumar was chosen by the Prime Minister of India, not by anybody less. He was chosen by Amit Shah. And now two election commissioners are saying that Mr Gyanesh Kumar is responsible for the chaos, for the damage that has taken place to our voting system, " he said. The Election Commission has rejected the suggestion that the objections reported by the two commissioners reflected a disagreement over its final decisions, saying that its decisions, including those…
“Anti-incumbency does not exist in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It does not exist in North Korea. There is no democracy on this planet where anti-incumbency does not exist...”
In the article
…Gujarat, it disappears. This has been a fundamental question for us. We can understand the popularity of a person, and the performance of a government, but we cannot understand how anti-incumbency disappears. Anti-incumbency does not exist in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It does not exist in North Korea. There is no democracy on this planet where anti-incumbency does not exist... " Gandhi said. The SIR exercise has become a major political issue, with the Election Commission undertaking revisions of electoral rolls across states and Union territories. The controversy has also brought scrutiny to…
Sudhanshu Trivedi
BJP leader
1 quote · 1 outlet
“Just a short while ago, Rahul Gandhi once again presented a PPT in front of you. He claimed that he has been understanding politics for 50 years, but his own age is only 56... In Bengal, there has been no Congress government since 1977; in Bihar, there has been no Congress government since 1990... Rahul Gandhi has no knowledge of this... Ever since transparent elections have taken place, CCTV cameras have come in, and independent media has arrived, that's when they've started sweating to come to power... Politically speaking, Rahul Gandhi's knowledge is zero,”
In the article
…rigging' in Indian elections, calls ECI and BJP 'destroyers of democracy' The BJP leader sought to counter Gandhi’s criticism by questioning the Congress leader’s assessment of India’s electoral and political history. " Just a short while ago, Rahul Gandhi once again presented a PPT in front of you. He claimed that he has been understanding politics for 50 years, but his own age is only 56... In Bengal, there has been no Congress government since 1977; in Bihar, there has been no Congress government since 1990... Rahul Gandhi has no knowledge of this... Ever since transparent elections have taken place, CCTV cameras have come in, and independent media has arrived, that's when they've started sweating to come to power... Politically speaking, Rahul Gandhi's knowledge is zero, " Trivedi said. Gandhi had earlier cited the report on the objections by the two Election Commissioners while questioning the functioning of the Election Commission and alleging that elections had been "rigged". The…
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