'Stop daily drama': Rijiju attacks Cong
New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should stop what he described as a "daily drama" of targeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Supreme Court and instead focus on serving people to win their mandate.
"This daily drama by the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, and their associates-constantly attacking the Election Commission and the Supreme Court-needs to stop now. This drama has been going on continuously since 2014. How long will this drama continue? In a democracy, if you serve the people, you get the public's mandate. When you fail to win the mandate, you abuse the Election Commission. When the Supreme Court asks for an apology, you attack the Supreme Court and claim you have no faith in the judiciary. You call the Election Commission corrupt and call the government corrupt," Rijiju told reporters.
The remarks came after at least 300 lawmakers of the INDIA bloc marched from Parliament to the Election Commission of India, demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Attacking the Congress, the ruling BJP sought to know whether they won their own elections through "vote chori".
"Have Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi become MPs through vote theft? ... Were the governments in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh formed through vote theft?..." BJP lawmaker and spokesperson Sambit Patra said, while addressing the media.
The BJP also accused Rahul Gandhi of levelling false allegations against ECI and the process followed for SIR.
Patra said Gandhi's accusations that the poll panel and CEC Gyanesh Kumar were involved in "vote chori" and making "illegal and unilateral" changes to voter registration Form 6 are unfounded and anattempt to create "anarchy".
He also denied Gandhi's claims that the EC's decision regarding the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar was not unanimous....
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