Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretaries, state in -charge and heads of major organizations to discuss a nationwide campaign against rigging and electoral fraud in the alleged voter list. Apart from Kharge, the meeting was attended by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, KC Venugopal, Kumari Selja and other senior party leaders.
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After a meeting of AICC general secretaries, in -charge and heads of frontal organizations, Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka said that there was a discussion on how we can take the issue of votes raised by us in Parliament to the ground level, how can we reach every district and every panchayat. All suggested and a detailed program will be released by AICC. We will take next step for this. Congress MP Kumari Selja said that the matter has been taken very seriously. Rahul Gandhi revealed on the Election Commission – The next step is to reach the public.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot said that I do not understand why the BJP is fielding and batting for the Election Commission. The BJP is in power. But the Election Commission is a constitutional body. It is quite capable. First, the process of selection of the Chief Election Commissioner was amended. Now the Prime Minister and Home Minister are selecting the CEC. The CJI (from the panel) was removed. We are just saying that Rahul Gandhi’s allegations on the Election Commission should be confirmed. We suspect that there are discrepancies in the voter list and votes have been stolen.
Manikrao Thackeray claimed that it was clear that ‘vote theft’ has been done. Rahul Gandhi has told this to the press and the whole country, and people are now beginning to understand that there is truth in it. It has reached every village and every voter that what Rahul Gandhi has said is true. Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the way the Election Commission is working, it is working towards ending India’s democracy. We have to face them. The BJP wants the Election Commission and we want democracy. Earlier voters used to choose the government. Now the government has started choosing voters … If they have conscience, then they should be removed themselves.
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Earlier, in the day, activists of the Indian National Students Union (NSUI) protested against the Election Commission for rigging the alleged voter list and took out a march from Delhi-based organization headquarters to Jantar Mantar. The protest was held in response to repeatedly accused Rahul Gandhi accusing the commission of theft. Youth Congress workers also took out ‘Halla Bol March’ in the national capital, during which many protesters were detained by Delhi Police. Meanwhile, after his claims of “vote theft” on the Election Commission of India, Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of neglecting his duty and said that the Congress party is committed to protect the constitution and will continue to do so.