BJP says opposition wants foreign infiltrators to vote in the elections
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (in white T-shirt) with Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav (in red cap) and other INDIA bloc leaders stage a protest outside Parliament on Tuesday. PIC/PTI
With both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day in the face of opposition protests, the Congress on Tuesday said the adjournments were due to the Modi government refusing a discussion on the “votebandi being orchestrated in Bihar and other states” by the Election Commission (EC).
Opposition MPs, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday held a protest in the Parliament House complex. They gathered on the steps of Makar Dwar of Parliament and raised slogans against SIR exercise, alleging it amounts to stealing elections.
They also held placards — ‘SIR: Stealing Indian Rights’ and ‘SIR: Subverting Indian Republic’.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who also took part in the protest, slammed the SIR and alleged that it was a conspiracy to snatch the right to vote. The government, however, accused the opposition of practising “double standards” by asking for a debate on one hand and disrupting the House on the other.
The BJP slammed opposition parties over their protest against the Bihar voter list revision, accusing them of resorting to “gundagardi” (hooliganism) so that foreigners, including Bangladeshi and Rohingya “infiltrators”, can get the right to vote in elections.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said so much hue and cry is being raised over the SIR in Bihar because those who base their politics on Bangladeshis and infiltrators are scared.
Union minister Giriraj Singh also attacked the opposition, saying it is trying to build pressure on a constitutional institution with its tactics so that it can run it their way. The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls began on June 28.
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