Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks at the launch event of his 1,300 km ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar, demanding election transparency.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made strong allegations against the Election Commission and the BJP while launching his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar. He accused the Election Commission of “stealing” elections in collusion with the BJP, and warned against a new conspiracy in Bihar involving the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. “In the whole country, assembly and Lok Sabha elections are being stolen and their latest conspiracy is to delete and add voters through SIR to steal the elections in Bihar,” Gandhi charged.
Addressing the crowd, Gandhi emphasized the role of ordinary citizens in safeguarding their voting rights. “The poor only have the power of vote and we will not let them steal polls,” he said. He also pointed out the alleged bias, claiming, “I was asked to submit an affidavit after my press conference exposing ‘vote chori’, but no such demand was made from BJP leaders who made claims in their presser.”
Gandhi’s yatra, which covers over 20 districts in Bihar, aims to mobilize people against what he called election “theft.” He vowed, “Wherever this theft is happening, be it Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, we will catch their theft and put it before the people,” and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running the government with a handful of billionaires: “Your vote is stolen and then your money is handed over to 5-6 billionaires…the truth of SIR, the vote chori in Bihar, we will put it before the people.”
