Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday lashed out at Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in Boston, accusing him of tarnishing India’s democratic image on international platforms.
Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said it was “very sad” that Gandhi spreads “lies” about India’s constitutional institutions while overseas, claiming his actions reflect the frustration of repeated electoral defeats.
“It is very sad that Rahul Gandhi goes abroad and spreads lies about the institutions created by the constitution of this country and tries to defame it. He tries to raise questions about democracy. I feel that he is doing such acts because of the consequences that have happened to him after losing elections repeatedly. The way Rahul Gandhi is behaving has raised a question mark on his character. Instead of doing such things, if he goes among the people and gets the trust of the people back, then he will be able to win the elections. He cannot win elections by defaming anyone,” CM Fadnavis said.
While addressing the Indian diaspora in Boston, United States, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Election Commission (EC) in India was “compromised,” stating that there was something fundamentally wrong with the system.
Citing the example of the Maharashtra elections, the Senior Congress leader stated that there was an addition of 65 lakh voters to the voter list in two hours, which was impossible.
“More people voted in Maharashtra than the total number of people in Maharashtra, and this is a fact… the Election Commission gave us a figure in the evening around 5:30 p.m., and in two hours around 7:30 p.m., 65 lakh voters had voted, which is physically impossible…” he claimed, addressing the meeting.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya also slammed the Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Election Commission in Boston, and said that it has become a habit of the Congress to make “absurd statements” and an attempt to spoil the atmosphere of the country.
“It means that when Congress wins, the Election Commission is right and if Congress loses, the Election Commission is wrong. So, it has become a habit of Congress to make absurd statements and to spoil the atmosphere of the country by making absurd statements against the important constitutional institutions of the country, but the public mandate is with the BJP and we have won,” Maurya told ANI. (ANI)
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