Karnal: The Congress here had a rally against the ruling BJP government over allegations of vote theft during Vidhan Sabha polls at the direction of party leader Rahul Gandhi, who also made the accusation in a press conference earlier addressing a press conference. The party’s Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda alleged that the BJP government had perpetrated a massive conspiracy to steal votes in Haryana as well as in other states also, abusing its power and in conspiracy with the Election Commission to remain in power. “The reality has been exposed before us, the BJP government in Haryana has been formed by strangling democracy,” former chief minister Hooda, too, allegedly saying we must fight together to save the country’s democracy and Baba Saheb Dr B R Ambedkar’s Constitution,” he added.
State Congress President Rao Narender Singh also attended the “Vote Chor-Gaddi Chhod” protest in Karnal. After addressing the public gathering, the leaders marched to the office of the district deputy commissioner and submitted a memorandum addressed to the President, urging her intervention. “We have been saying from the beginning that the BJP government in Haryana was not formed based on public sentiment, but through coercion, bribery, abuse of power, and collusion with the Election Commission,” Hooda said the people of Haryana were fed up with the BJP’s 10-year rule and wanted change. The BJP’s 10-year most unsuccessful government had ruined Haryana state, that is why the BJP changed the chief minister’s face before the Lok Sabha elections replacing Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini. He alleged that even with a changed face, the BJP knew that it would lose many seats, therefore votes were stolen through the misuse of power playing all sorts of tricks and manipulations. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the 2024 state election was stolen, blaming that 25 lakh entries were fake. He alleged that the Election Commission also colluded with the BJP to ensure its victory.
On Sunday, the Haryana unit of the party met the Congress leadership in Delhi, where it was decided that special teams would be formed to investigate and document incidents of electoral malpractices and vote theft during the 2024 polls. Hooda alleged that the malpractice was not limited to Haryana but was spread to the entire country, accusing the BJP of destroying democracy like a termite. Information reveals, the BJP won 48 seats in the 2024 Haryana Assembly Polls, while the Congress, which with several exit polls was sure to win with a majority of seats in the 90-member assembly.
