Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav and 55 party workers were arrested while protesting against alleged vote theft near Jawahar Chowk. The Congress slammed the arrests, vowing to continue raising their voice against electoral fraud
Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav. Pic/X
Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, along with several other party members, was arrested while staging a protest against vote theft. As reported by news agency PTI, the Delhi party chief, along with the party workers, was staging a protest against vote theft and was moving towards the Jawahar Chowk area.
It has been reported that the Delhi police have detained almost 56 people, including the Congress Delhi Chief, Devender Yadav.
The police officials, while highlighting the arrests made, said that "They were protesting and were moving towards Jawahar Chowk in the area. We have detained them, as they did not have any permission for the protest. They were taken to Najafgarh Police Station," as cited by news agency PTI.
On the contrary, the Congress, while slamming Delhi police’s move to arrest the party worker, said, "We will continue to raise our voice against vote theft. Our morale will not be broken by police and the government," as per PTI.
Earlier on August 7, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi made explosive claims of ‘huge criminal fraud’ in polls through ‘collusion’ between the BJP and the Election Commission and cited an analysis of voter rolls in a constituency in Karnataka last year.
Soon after Gandhi levelled the charge, the chief electoral officers of Karnataka and Maharashtra asked the former Congress chief to share names of electors he claimed were ‘wrong’ in the voters' list, along with a signed declaration for poll authorities to initiate necessary proceedings in the matter.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi further claimed that the EC has put a lock on "vote theft" only after he raised the matter. He further asked Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to he would provide evidence to the Karnataka CID on the "deletion" of votes in Aland.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha also referred to media reports that the EC has rolled out a new 'e-sign' feature that requires Aadhar-based verification for the addition or deletion of votes.
Rahul Gandhi further said, "Gyanesh ji, we caught the theft, and only then did you remember to put a lock – now we'll catch the thieves too. So tell us, when are you going to give the evidence to CID?"
(With inputs from PTI)
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