The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his “vote chori” claims after the Opposition’s meeting with President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, calling him “a pathological liar” and saying he had “crossed all boundaries.”
Trivedi said that what unfolded during the meeting could only be revealed by those present there. It is unfortunate that the President is being dragged into a controversy in the matter,” news agency ANI reported, citing sources. BJP national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, in a video posted to his official X handle, accused Gandhi of “continuously attempting to make the country’s constitutional institutions victims of his politics. However, he added, “The expressions and facial gestures of the leaders standing with him (Gandhi) clearly indicated that the words being spoken likely had no connection to the truth. Hours after claims made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi following his meeting with President Droupadi Murmu.
The BJP leader said that any suggestions of the President having “accepted” the Opposition’s allegations were “bizarre and reeks more of politics than truth. “…He tried to turn even a meeting with the President—the highest political institution of the country, for the President is not merely an individual but the nation’s supreme political institution—into a tool for his politics,” the BJP spokesperson said. The BJP spokesperson also accused Gandhi of “previously twisting and distorting statements” from the Supreme Court “to suit his narrative. “He is now making even positions like the Supreme Court, the Election Commission, and the President victims of his politics,” Trivedi said. Sources rejected the claims as ” incorrect,” on Friday, expressing concern that the President was being drawn into the controversy over alleged electoral irregularities. Earlier reporting noted: The remarks came after Gandhi said he was “shocked” by the President’s response during a meeting with a delegation of INDIA bloc leaders, who submitted a memorandum alleging “vote chori” and seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
Earlier reporting noted: Rahul Gandhi ‘falsely’ claimed the President’s response during meeting with INDIA bloc leaders? Earlier reporting noted: “The claims being made by the Leader of Opposition are incorrect.
Gandhi and other opposition leaders had met President Murmu over the alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
After the meeting, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha claimed that he was “shocked” that the President “didn’t deny” the INDIA bloc’s allegations.
“I just sat in quite an unbelievable meeting with the President of India. We presented our memorandum to her outlining PM Modi and HM Amit Shah’s gross subversion of India’s electoral system and seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
I was shocked that the President did not deny Vote Chori,” Gandhi had earlier claimed in a post on X.
