BJP undermining Constitutional principle of universal adult franchise, says M.B. Patil

“By introducing the ill-intentioned Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, the BJP is undermining the Constitutional principle of universal adult franchise,” Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil said in Vijayapura on Monday.

“BJP leaders want to keep their power uncontested. Party leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are conspiring to take away the principle of ‘One Person, One Vote’ guaranteed to us by B.R. Ambedkar. The person who framed the Constitution granted everyone an equal right to vote, but BJP leaders are unjustly depriving people of the right to participate in a democracy. This is a grave offence,’’ Mr. Patil told reporters.