Talking on the necessity for electoral reforms within the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Chief of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS and the BJP of attempting to assault the correct to vote, which he stated was an “anti-national” act, including, “We’ll change the legislation retrospectively, and we’ll come in search of you.”
He spelled out what he felt have been needed components of electoral reform, and accused the Election Fee of India (ECI) of not responding to any concern raised by the Opposition. He stated the ECI had been “captured” by the regime.
“I’ll ask three questions – first, why is it that the CJI (Chief Justice of India) was faraway from the choice panel of the EC? I’m there, however I’ve no voice within the room. Why are they so eager on selecting precisely who the EC might be,” Gandhi stated, including, “In 2023, they modified the legislation to make sure no EC could possibly be punished for any motion taken whereas in that place.” The Congress chief added that no authorities had carried out so previously.
“Lastly, why was the rule on the subject of CCTV and the info they comprise modified? Why was it allowed for the EC to destroy the footage after 45 days (of the outcomes)?” Gandhi questioned, referring to a brand new rule that was introduced out on Might 30, 2025.
Electoral reforms are “quite simple”, he stated, however charged that the federal government didn’t need them. Gandhi provided his prescription: “One, give the entire voters’ listing to all events one month earlier than the election. Two, don’t destroy CCTV footage. Third, give us entry to EVMs (Digital Voting Machines) to see what their structure is. 4, don’t permit the EC to get away with every thing.”
‘Vote theft, the most important anti-national act’
Accusing the ECI of “colluding with these in energy to form the elections,” Gandhi asserted that election campaigns have been being tailor-made as per the necessities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and have been typically months lengthy. “Now we have a Brazilian who seems 22 instances on the electoral rolls of Haryana. There’s one lady in Haryana whose identify appeared 200 instances. The election of Haryana was stolen,” he stated.
He complained that the EC had not instructed him why lakhs of duplicate voters existed, and why there have been 1.2 lakh duplicate voters in Bihar if they’d cleaned up the electoral rolls.
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The most important “anti-national act”, he stated, was the stealing of votes. “Once you destroy the vote, you destroy the material of this nation. Vote chori is an anti-national act, and people throughout the aisle dedicated an anti-national act,” he alleged.
‘RSS attempting to seize each establishment’
Gandhi drew protests from the Treasury benches when he stated that the Indian nation was a cloth with numerous particular person threads – every being equal as Mahatma Gandhi needed – and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was attempting to destroy it by capturing each establishment.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated the Treasury benches had set away essential time for discussing electoral reforms and needed to listen to what was being stated, however Gandhi was losing time by not coming to the difficulty. Amid Opposition protests, Speaker Om Birla stated decorum needs to be maintained, and the Chair should not be challenged.
Gandhi replied that the dialogue was about “votes”, “the stealing of votes”, and SIR. “And I’ll come to the ECI. Universities, CBI, ED, all have been captured. Bureaucrats who assist the ideology of the RSS are positioned in them,” he stated.
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Earlier, he stated, “All our establishments have emerged from the vote. So, it’s at all times that the RSS has to seize each establishment. The following challenge after Gandhi-ji’s assassination is to seize all establishments. My mates don’t just like the connections I’m making. After the daddy of the nation was assassinated, his imaginative and prescient of an equal India needed to be destroyed. Everyone is aware of how VCs (Vice-Chancellors) are positioned in Indian universities in the present day.”
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