Congress’ Rahul Gandhi — who is spearheading the Opposition protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of voters — has drawn a series of jibes from the BJP’s Anurag Thakur.
Rahul Gandhi has failed to submit proof against the election Commission, Anurag Thakur said, pointing out that while disagreement is a right, allegations need evidence
allegations need evidence While disagreement is a right. The legal team of the India Bloc has filed a petition against Gyanesh Kumar over vote theft, which Gandhi has been alleging for long. People have the right to approach courts, but Congress acts as if it is above the Constitution, rules and institutions, he added. “The Congress has a history of targeting institutions…. ‘Raj nahi to arajakta’ (mayhem if they cannot rule) is the Congress’ political model,” he added. The Congress has not responded to these allegations.
Calling Gandhi “unstable” and “anarchic” he said the Congress leader has failed to submit proof against the election Commission. The Congress, he said, has not produced any evidence to back up their allegations. The petition was filed after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant refused to meet the Opposition delegation but said the doors of the Supreme Court are open to everyone. Thakur said the Congress is trying to pressure the judiciary by taking political disputes to the streets while legal proceedings are in progress. The Congress, Anurag Thakur said, has “no moral right” to question elections, citing allegations of booth capturing by its workers in an election in 1989. The Grand Old Party, he also said, should not blame the poll boy for its successive electoral defeats.
