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Addressing the ‘Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod’ mega rally at Ramlila Maidan as Congress tries to garner public support on the issue following its defeat in Bihar, Rahul Gandhi vowed to oust the “Narendra Modi-RSS government” by following the path of truth and non-violence shown by Mahatma Gandhi.
He said, “This fight is between ‘Satya’ and ‘Asatya’ (truth and untruth). We will stand behind ‘Satya’ and remove Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and the RSS government from the country. They have ‘power’ and are indulging in ‘vote theft’.”
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the BJP leadership is traitors as they are involved in vote theft and they should be removed to save the Constitution and the country.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also challenged the BJP to win fair elections through paper ballots and said the Election Commissioners will have to answer to the nation for how they “conspired” to take away people’s right to vote and made every step of the election process “suspicious”.
A huge presence of Congress workers from across India marked the party’s mega rally against ‘vote theft’ and slogans of ‘Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod’ echoed at the venue. The party claimed that it had collected around six crore signatures against “vote theft” and would present it to the President of India.
Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi, senior Congress leaders and chief ministers of Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh – Siddaramaiah, Revanth Reddy and Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu were present at the rally.
In his address, Rahul Gandhi took the name of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi and alleged that they are working for BJP and standing with lies.
“Not with hatred, not with violence, with satya aur ahinsa ke saath (Not with hatred, not with violence, but with truth and non-violence), we will defeat Narendra Modi and Amit Shah,” Gandhi claimed.
In a post on Twitter, Gandhi also said, “Theft is in the BJP’s DNA. Theft of money – Theft of land – Theft of institutions – Theft of rights – Theft of employment – Theft of mandate – Theft of government – Theft of elections – Theft of votes. Theft from the people is the ladder to power for the BJP.” Gandhi also alleged that this ‘vote theft’ is not just theft of votes, but an attack on BR Ambedkar’s Constitution.
If he had not been involved in vote theft, you would have removed him from power in 5 minutes. “Just as truth is in your DNA, lies and vote theft are in their DNA,” Gandhi said amid applause from the crowd.
Recalling that PM Modi brought a new law to give ‘freedom’ to the Election Commission, Gandhi said, ‘We are clearly telling you (election commissioners) that this law is to protect you and we will change this law retrospectively and take strict action against you.’ He also targeted PM Modi, claiming that he has lost his confidence because ‘vote theft’ has been caught. He claimed that Amit Shah’s hands were trembling in Parliament. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha said, “Amit Shah is brave only as long as he has power.” The day power goes away, their bravery will also end.”
Kharge said the ideology of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, MS Golwalkar and Manusmriti will destroy the country and only the ideology of Congress can save it.
He said, “BJP-RSS people are trying to destroy the Constitution. In the name of Hindutva, these people want to enslave the poor again.
“On the other hand, this is vote theft. These people are ‘traitors’, you have to remove these ‘traitors’. If you want to save yourself, remove these ‘traitors’…BJP people are ‘drambaaz’, they only believe in their own propaganda,” Kharge said.
Noting that some BJP leaders have raised the issue of Rahul Gandhi going on foreign tours, Kharge said that when Parliament is in session, Prime Minister Modi goes abroad and does not come to Parliament to answer.
“They have captured the throne through ‘vote theft’. These traitors have to be removed. Will you remove them?” He said.
He said, “The seeds being sown by the RSS-BJP are very dangerous. What will the poor do if they take away the right to vote. They are making the poor poorer and the rich richer. Our fight is against the RSS-BJP and our fight is against those who steal votes.”
On Modi’s claims of victory, Kharge said, “We lost at many places, but still our party and our ideology are alive.” If Modi loses once, there will be no trace of him after that.” He said, “They stole our Vande Mataram, so don’t trust these thieves,” he said and called upon everyone to strengthen the party in this fight of the people.
Taking aim at the Election Commission, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that the BJP cannot win the elections without the help of the Election Commission.
Priyanka Gandhi said, “I challenge – BJP should fight fair elections once on ballot paper. They will never win and BJP also knows this.
He alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners were attacking India’s democracy.
“For the first time in history, the entire opposition is saying that they do not trust the Election Commission and elections are not being conducted properly,” he alleged. He also alleged that all institutions have been forced to bow before the government.