Rahul Gandhi's article is not against anyone, says Maharashtra Congress chief

Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal came in defence of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition LoP Rahul Gandhi over the latters remarks regarding the alleged rigging of the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections and said that he has only introduced facts about the Election Commissions data before the people reported news agency ANIRahul Gandhi has not written any article against the BJP Rahul Gandhis article is not against anyone He has some facts about the data of the Election Commission and through his article he has kept the same data among the people Sapkal told ANIHe attacked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra FadnavisJo iske laabharti haichori karke jo sarkar bani hai uske jo Mukhyemantri hai vo election commission ka bachav kar rahe hai The Chief Minister who is the beneficiary of this government that has been formed by cheating is defending the election commission Sapkal alleged reported ANIWhy are they defending the election commission Are you the assigned lawyer of the Election Commission The election commission must answer these questions he addedOn Sunday Fadnavis launched a scathing attack against Gandhi for allegations against the EC accusing him of consistently misunderstanding the countrys mood and misplacing blameSpeaking to mediapersons in Hindi Fadnavis said Taumr Rahul Gandhi aap yahi galti karte rahe dhool chehre pe thi aur aap aina saaf karte rahe Throughout your life Rahul Gandhi you have always made the same mistake the dust was on your face but you kept cleaning the mirror reported ANIThe BJP has come down heavily on Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi following his recent remarks on the elections with Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha saying A leader of the opposition who uses such language is not fit to hold that postHe also criticised Gandhi for raising doubts regarding constitutional institutionsSinha reached Ayodhya for a twoday program on Sunday and said They carry the Constitution book in hand and yet raise doubts about constitutional institutions This reflects their mindset They do not truly believe in the Constitution or its institutions An opposition leader who uses such language is not fit to hold that postThis comes after Gandhi alleged that the Maharashtra assembly election held in November 2024 was rigged and claimed the same could happen in the upcoming Bihar assembly pollsIn a post on X Gandhi shared his article published in a newspaper explaining the rigging in the Maharashtra assembly pollsMaharashtra assembly elections in 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy My article shows how this happened step by step Gandhi said reported ANIThe former Congress President explained a fivepoint process He said that step one includes rigging the panel that appoints the Election Commission and adding fake voters to the electoral rollHe further claimed that the following steps include inflating the voter turnout targeting the bogus voting exactly where the BJP needs to win and hiding the evidenceStep 1 Rig the panel for appointing the Election Commission Step 2 Add fake voters to the roll Step 3 Inflate voter turnout Step 4 Target the bogus voting exactly where the BJP needs to win Step 5 Hide the evidence Gandhi saidHe further labelled rigging as matchfixing saying that the side cheats might win the game but damage institutions and destroy public faith in the resultIts not hard to see why the BJP was so desperate in Maharashtra But rigging is like matchfixing The side that cheats might win the game but it will damage institutions and destroy public faith in the result All concerned Indians must see the evidence Judge for themselves Demand answers the Rae Bareli MP saidGandhi warned that the matchfixing of Maharashtra would come to Bihar next where the polls are due later this year and then anywhere the BJP was losing elections Matchfixed elections are a poison for any democracy he addedWith inputs from ANI