The BJP on Saturday accused Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of “peddling lies” to erode belief in establishments concerning elections whereas claiming that he was doing so to pre-empt his social gathering’s defeat within the upcoming elections, together with Bihar.
This comes after Gandhi’s article in The Indian Categorical, titled “Match-fixing Maharashtra”, through which he wrote: “The dimensions of rigging was so determined that, regardless of all efforts to hide it, tell-tale proof has emerged from official statistics, with out reliance on any nonofficial supply, revealing a step-by-step playbook.”
He additionally wrote that “there may be apprehension that this election rigging playbook has been in play for years. Probably, the examination of data will even throw up the modus operandi and the solid of complicit characters. Nonetheless, the Opposition and the general public are blocked at each flip from accessing these data.”
Sharing his piece in a submit on X on Saturday, Rahul stated that the Maharashtra Meeting elections in 2024 had been “a blueprint for rigging democracy” and added that “the match-fixing of Maharashtra will come to Bihar subsequent, after which wherever the BJP is shedding”.
चुनाव की चोरी का पूरा खेल!
2024 का महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा चुनाव लोकतंत्र में धांधली का ब्लूप्रिंट था।
अपने आर्टिकल में मैंने विस्तार से बताया है कि कैसे यह साज़िश step-by-step रची गई:
Step 1: चुनाव आयोग की नियुक्ति करने वाले पैनल पर कब्ज़ा
Step 2: वोटर लिस्ट में फर्ज़ी मतदाता… pic.twitter.com/S4XV5W3DpU
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 7, 2025
Focusing on Gandhi, BJP president J P Nadda accused him of “cooking up weird conspiracies” in his desperation after shedding a sequence of elections. In a submit on X, Nadda stated, “Rahul Gandhi’s newest article is a blueprint for manufacturing pretend narratives, owing to his disappointment and desperation of shedding election after election.”
Nadda summarised how Gandhi “does it, step-by-step: Step 1: Congress Occasion will get defeated election after election because of his antics; Step 2: As an alternative of introspecting, he cooks up weird conspiracies and cries rigging; Step 3: Ignores all details and information; Step 4: Defames establishments with zero proof; Step 5: Hopes for headlines over details.”
Nadda claimed that Gandhi “shamelessly retains peddling lies” as a result of “a defeat in Bihar is definite”.
Union Commerce and Business Minister Piyush Goyal stated in a submit on X: “It’s unlucky that Rahul Gandhi has to resort to lies & misinformation to cowl up his personal shortcomings. His repeated assaults on India’s democratic establishments solely expose his disdain for our Structure given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.”
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated in a submit on X that Gandhi’s allegations had been the “finest instance of learn how to blame others for (their) personal failure, query the system and harm its credibility.”
Taking up Gandhi, Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary advised reporters: “It’s pure; when an individual loses, they make such statements. In the event that they (the Congress) don’t consider in democracy, then they need to go among the many folks after tendering their resignation. All their governments ought to resign and go in for elections once more.”
LJP (RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan claimed that Gandhi had already ready an excuse for shedding the Bihar elections. “That is the issue with these folks. They all the time search for excuses to whitewash their defeat. They may by no means introspect; they’ll see Jai Chands of their social gathering however is not going to take motion on them. They see faults within the system, however is not going to rectify them when they’re in energy,” he stated.
“They may increase fingers on each Constitutional submit however neglect that when the UPA was in energy the CBI, for the primary time, was known as a (caged) parrot. At the moment, they see an issue in each system; earlier it was EVMs, now that’s finished and dusted. What’s the new excuse that you’ve discovered — addition of voters which you began in reference to Maharashtra. How lengthy will you search for excuses? The necessity is so that you can introspect about why the individuals are rejecting you,” he stated.