Congress attempting to weaken Democratic System, charges Jagadish Shettar
BJP leader Jagadish Shettar has accused the Congress party of undermining India's democratic system by making unsubstantiated claims regarding vote theft and EVM tampering. He further criticized Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for allegedly making disrespectful remarks toward the Veerashaiva Lingayat community.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing political friction and polarization between India's major political parties regarding the integrity of the electoral process.
By making false allegations against Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Congress is attempting to weaken the democratic system, said MP for Belagavi and BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, here on Thursday.
“The Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have no substantive issues to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. Therefore, they are attempting to undermine the democratic system by alleging vote theft,” he told reporters.
“Whenever the BJP wins an election, they claim vote theft has occurred and cast doubts on the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). But when the BJP loses, they claim the election was transparent. What kind of an argument is this?” he said.
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