Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
When the BJP was returning to power in the assembly elections after 27 years in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi once again raised a finger on the Election Commission. Rahul Gandhi, Supriya Sule and Sanjay Raut held a joint press conference. It is alleged that 39 lakh voters were added to the voter list before the Maharashtra assembly elections. BJP got all these votes. So BJP won in Maharashtra assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi said that he wants the Election Commission to give the final voter list of Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections and assembly elections to the Congress with the names, addresses and their photos so that the whole situation can be cleared.
Rahul Gandhi’s alliance partner Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP also supported his allegations. Sanjay Raut even said that “BJP has taken out a new formula to win the election with the help of the Election Commission. The new 39 lakh voters of Maharashtra will now be added to Bihar’s voter list as they are floating voters. In the state where elections are held, BJP wins the election by adding these votes to the voter list. ”
Supriya Sule demanded a ballot paper to hold elections instead of EVM. Supriya Sule said that “The Election Commission neither listens to the demand for voting, neither hears the demand for changing the election mark of her party nor responds to the complaints. This is raising doubt on the fairness of the Election Commission. If democracy is to be kept safe, then the Election Commission will have to answer all the questions. ”
By the way, the problem with Rahul Gandhi is that while alleging, he never takes care of facts and figure. Just accuse them. In the last three weeks, Rahul Gandhi has raised the issue of hera-fare of voter list in Maharashtra assembly elections three times. His figures have changed every time.
At a rally in Patna on January 18, Rahul Gandhi said that one crore voters increased between Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra. On February 3, he said in the Lok Sabha that 7 million voters increased in Maharashtra. In Mumbai, he said 39 lakh voters increased. Now we do not understand what to believe Rahul Gandhi.
After Rahul Gandhi’s charge, the Election Commission has said that it considers political parties an important part of the election process. Therefore, the leaders who have raised questions about the Election Commission will be answered with data. The Election Commission wrote this on X, but, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Rahul alleged just a day before the Delhi election results came. Fadnavis said that the Congress is sure to be cleared in Delhi. Therefore, Rahul Gandhi has started making the role of defeat a day in advance. Fadnavis said that there is no power in Rahul Gandhi’s allegations. It would have been good, he should be self -conscious, otherwise the fleet of the Congress will continue to happen.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tightened up and said that Maharashtra’s defeat has led to the current of Mahavikas Aghadi and Rahul Gandhi is not able to recover, making various excuses. Maharashtra government ministers Nitesh Rane said that Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Raut and Supriya Sule were told as “3 Idots”. Nitish Rane said that earlier the Congress and his comrades used to get a lump sum vote of Muslims, Hindu votes were divided. But this time Hindus united and voted. Therefore, Maha Vikas Aghadi has suffered a setback.
Nitish Rane said that if Rahul and Supriya Sule have a problem with EVM, they should resign first, say that they should not become an MP from EVM. Many times it seems that Rahul Gandhi really speaks the same, which is given to him by writing. He does not do any research himself. I have seen the Election Commission figures.
In 2009, there was a Congress government, between 2009 to 2014 assembly elections, Maharashtra increased by about 75 lakh sixty thousand votes. Between 2014 to 2019 assembly elections, about 63 lakh ten thousand votes increased. Then between 2019 to 2024 assembly elections increased by about 71 lakh 84 thousand votes. The pattern is the same. I told you the figures. Now decide for yourself how much the allegations of disturbances in the vote list are. (Rajat Sharma)
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