BENGALURU: BJP leaders slammed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his attacks on the Election Commission of India and allegations of “vote theft” and other electoral malpractices in Karnataka.
Assembly Opposition leader R Ashoka asked Rahul why Congress is not questioning electoral fraud in other non-BJP states. “Why didn’t Rahul question his party’s alliance partner RJD in Bihar where Tejashwi Yadav has two voter cards. There are similar cases in New Delhi, but he is mum on those. In Kerala, where he was an MP, Youth Congress leaders were arrested in a voter scam. At the Gandhinagar Assembly constituency in Bengaluru, a small house had 18 voters. Who added their names? At Nagawara ward in Sarvajnanagar Assembly constituency, the Congress MP candidate got 5,965 more votes than their MLA candidate in the previous election. Similar incidents were reported at HBR Layout and Kadugondanahalli,” Ashoka said.
BJP state chief BY Vijayendra said by demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leaders are making fools of themselves. “In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 25 MPs were elected from the BJP and in 2024, it was 19, including the JDS. The number of BJP MPs has come down. Does it mean we should blame the Election Commission,’’ he wondered.