‘Full-scale assault in name of electoral machinery’: Rahul Gandhi in Germany; BJP hits back |
Addressing the Hertie School in Germany on the topic of “Politics is the art of listening”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again brought up “vote theft” allegations and said that his party has been consistently raising concerns about the “fairness of elections” in India.
“There is a full-scale assault taking place on the institutional framework of our country. We asked direct questions to the Election Commission,” he said.
He also pointed to what he described as serious problems with voter lists, citing an example of a Brazilian woman’s name appearing 22 times on the voters’ list in Haryana. Gandhi said the party did not receive any reply on this issue and believes there are deep flaws in how India’s election system is functioning.
Rahul Gandhi, who is on a 5-day visit to........