New Delhi, Sept 30: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday on Wednesday once again trained his guns at the Election Commission at the INDIA bloc meeting and asserted that they are the “collective defenders” of the Indian Constitution.
He also said that it was their “personal commitment” to ensure that those who have “destroyed” Indian democracy are punished.
Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remarks at a joint media briefing of INDIA bloc leaders after their three-and-a-half-hour meeting.
Several leaders from the different partied attended the meeting including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule.
Asdressing the media, Rahul Gandhi said, “INDIA bloc meeting saw a very good discussion and the main issue was ‘vote chori’. All parties are of the opinion that the democratic system of India has been attacked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shad and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.”
“We are not going to take it lying down. It is a personal commitment of all INDIA bloc leaders, we are going to ensure that people who have destroyed Indian democracy are punished. Doesn’t matter how senior they are, who they are, Indian democracy is bigger than every single person in this country,” he said.
He further said that there was also a feeling that the opposition has been quite successful in putting across to the people of India that elections are “stolen” and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shah have “destroyed” Indian democracy and there is a new sense of resistance, particularly among young people, that what is going on in India is wrong and needs to be stopped.
“I also mentioned to all opposition leaders that they are the collective defenders of the Indian Constitution,” he said, adding, “It is an honour for us to work together and we are confident that, over the next few months, we will make serious changes in the country.”
The INDIA bloc finalised a joint action plan over the SIR row, including holding rallies and ‘save democracy’ marches, with Congress president Kharge asserting that all parties agreed that elections should be held through ballot papers instead of EVMs.
