"Don't recall 300 MPs being detained like this": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari slams BJP, calls it "dictator"

New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Monday slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre, calling it a dictator over the detention of scores of INDIA bloc MPs, both from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha for protesting against the Election Commission (EC) amid allegations of vote theft.

With the emergence of all the facts, the BJP has become a dictator. I dont recall a time when 300 MPs were detained like this before. This is embarrassing and a dark time for democracy, Tiwari told ANI.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat hit out at the ECI, labelling it as an extension office of the ruling BJP.

He said that the EC invitation for a meeting comes as they have been caught red-handed.

You can see the timings of the Election Commission. Their theft, exposed by Rahul Gandhi, proves that they wrote this letter in a state of nervousness, Bhagat told ANI.

Labelling the EC responses to allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi as dogmatic, the Congress MP stated that the LoP questions to the constitutional body were being answered by the BJP, which has tied its hands.

Earlier in the day, Delhi police detained Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and a host of other INDIA bloc leaders. The police foiled their march to the Election Commission to protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of vote chori (vote theft) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and TMC MP Sagarika Ghose were also among those detained by the police. The detained MPs were corralled into a bus to be taken to the Parliament Street police station.

While being detained, Rahul Gandhi told reporters, The reality is that they cannot talk. The truth is in front of the country. This fight is not political. This fight is to save the Constitution. This fight is for One Man, One Vote. We want a clean, pure voters list.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told ANI, Dare hue hai. Sarkaar kaayar hai (They are scared. The Government is a coward).

Gandhi linked the INDIA bloc leaders march to the Election Commission as a fight to save the Constitution and demanded a pure voters list. At the same time, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP-led Union government of being scared.

This development came as the Secretariat of the Election Commission of India wrote to Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, granting an appointment for interaction at noon today.

EC has granted an appointment for an interaction at noon today. It is requested that, due to the limitation of space, names of up to 30 persons may kindly be intimated, the letter read.

On August 7, Rahul Gandhi held a press conference, citing internal analysis. The LoP stated that the Congress expected to win 16 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka but ended up with only nine.

He said the Congress investigated seven unexpected losses, zeroing in on Mahadevapura, where he alleged vote theft involving 100,250 votes. Presenting Congress research on voting in the Mahadevapura Assembly in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi alleged vote chori (vote theft) of 100,250 votes.

We found 100,250 votes stolen in five different ways. Duplicate voters, fake and invalid addresses, and bulk voters in a single address, in a building with 50-60 people living. But when we go there, there is no record of those people living there. One family living in that house, he said.

The Election Commission on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi still has time to submit a formal declaration to substantiate his allegation of vote theft or apologise to the country. The Karnataka CEO on Sunday asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to submit documents to inquire into his vote theft allegations against the Election Commission of India. (ANI)

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