BJP slams INDIA bloc over MOCK drama

The BJP on Saturday accused the INDIA bloc of making a “mockery” of Parliament and democracy by holding a symbolic public impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and injected a scalding dose of ridicule for Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. It added that the Congress will not succeed no matter how much it tries to “launch” its leader Rahul Gandhi.

“Go ahead and hold your mock Parliament or take out your marches; the world has already understood that Rahul Gandhi simply lacks the fuel. This ‘satellite’ is never going to launch,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters parallel to the proceedings of the INDIA bloc’s “public impeachment” of CEC Gyanesh Kumar by INDIA bloc on Saturday.

Patra accused the Congress of spreading lies about alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

“And I have a humble request: please, do not dismantle this mock Parliament you have created. Just seat Rahul Gandhi on the treasury benches. Leave the T-shirt, have him wear a ‘kurta-pyjama’ and let him sit there while you chant ‘Prime Minister, Prime Minister’ like a ‘bhajan-kirtan’ every single day. Keep him as your ‘mock Prime Minister’ for life; we have absolutely no objection,” Patra added, in a dig at the opposition.

The BJP leader termed the Congress allegations of ‘vote chori’ a “lie” and alleged that “it was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who became PM by ‘vote chori’. He stole Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s vote and became PM.”

The ruling party’s attack on the Congress and its allies came as the Opposition bloc held the symbolic “public impeachment” of CEC Gyanesh Kumar in a mock Parliament session at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence here ahead of its Sunday rally on the issue. “No one’s vote has been stolen. There should not be any confusion in anyone’s mind,” he said.