Will show people in ‘black & white’ how BJP is stealing elections: Rahul | India News

NEW DELHI: The opposition offensive against the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls brought Parliament proceedings to a halt for the third successive day on Wednesday, with leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi calling the exercise a BJP “ploy to steal elections”.Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha raised slogans like “SIR wapas lo ” and entered the well of the House carrying placards while in Rajya Sabha, the opposition, besides raising the issue, also demanded that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge be allowed to speak. The govt, amid the din, introduced two sports-related bills in LS. tnnWill show people in ‘black & white’ how BJP is stealing elections: Rahul Rajya Sabha saw its first adjournment after it met at 11am, and the second at noon. When it assembled for the third time at 2pm, it was adjourned for the day. During a protest by a large contingent of opposition MPs at the main entrance of Parliament over the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi raised questions about polling in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, and said he would show the people and the Election Commission “in black and white” how the theft of votes is being done. Congress has unearthed BJP’s strategy of election manipulation by studying a sample constituency in Karnataka, Gandhi said. The party spent six months compiling voters’ lists in digital format followed by a “deep dive”, and exposed BJP’s strategy of adding new voters there, Gandhi claimed, adding this was done as EC does not provide the list in electronic format, and paper lists cannot be analysed.BJP also “stole (assembly) elections in Maharashtra, but the opposition has spotted its gameplan”, he said.Amid reports that 52 lakh voters were being dropped in Bihar, Gandhi said, “It is not just about 52 lakh. It is not just about Bihar, they cheated in Maharashtra. We have asked questions to EC, asked it to show us the voters list, they did not show us the list. We asked for videography, they changed the law. One crore new voters had come in Maharashtra and the election was stolen. Now, they are redoing the system in Bihar, in a new way. Delete the voters and make the voter list afresh. Elections are being stolen in India and that is the reality.”