Congress seeks ouster of BJP, accuses it of ‘Vote Chori’

Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, saying those indulging in “vote chori” are gaddars and need to be removed from power to save voting rights and the Constitution.

Addressing the party’s Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod rally at the Ramlila Maidan, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the ideology of RSS’s Mohan Bhagwat, M S Golwalkar and Manusmriti will destroy the country, and only the ideology of Congress can save it.

Top Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, amongst others, also addressed the massive rally held in the national Capital.

Addressing the party’s ‘Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod’ rally at the Ramlila Maidan here, he launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission and mentioned the names of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi to allege that they were working for the BJP.

Rahul Gandhi claimed that the BJP transferred `10,000 during elections, but the poll panel did not take any action against them. “In this fight between truth and untruth, the Election Commission is working with the BJP Government,” he said. “(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi brought a new law to give immunity to EC; we will change this law retroactively and act against election commissioners,” Rahul said, asserting that it may take time, but truth will ultimately win.

“We will stand with satya (truth) and will remove the Narendra Modi-RSS Government from power. They have satta (power), and they indulge in ‘vote chori’,” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.

Kharge, who claimed that he did not go to Karnataka to attend a family medical emergency and gave priority to the people’s demand, alleged that the BJP-RSS people are engaged in efforts to finish off the Constitution.

“In the name of Hindutva, these people want to enslave the poor again. But we must remember that the Congress got Independence for the country, Modi-Shah were not even born at that time. These people talk against Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar; they sow a rift of ideas between Patel and Nehru, but we will not allow it,” he said.

 “On the other hand, there is vote chori. These people are ‘gaddars’, you will have to remove these gaddars. If you want to protect yourself, remove these gaddars. For that purpose, Rahul Gandhi walked throughout the country BJP people are ‘dramebaaz’, they only believe in their own propaganda,” Kharge said.

Noting that some BJP people raised the issue of Rahul Gandhi going abroad, Kharge said when Parliament is on, Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi goes abroad and does not come to the House to give answers.

“These gaddars will have to be removed. Will you remove them?” Kharge asked the gathering. “They stole our Vande Mataram, so don’t trust these thieves,” Kharge said, as he urged people to strengthen Rahul Gandhi’s hand in his fight for the citizens.

Priyanka challenged the BJP to win a fair election on the ballot paper and asserted that the election commissioners would have to answer to the country one day as to how they “conspired” to take away people’s voting rights and made every step of the poll process “suspicious”.

Priyanka said the country will never forget the three names -- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi -- as no matter how much efforts are made to protect them, one day they will have to answer how they “conspired and attempted to take away” voting rights of the people. All institutions have been made to bend before the Government, she alleged.