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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is rejecting the mandate instead of introspecting the defeat in the 2024 state assembly elections as the public has rejected them. CM Fadnavis said in his articles published in ‘Indian Express’ and Marathi daily newspaper ‘Loksatta’ that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing excuses for the defeat to him in the upcoming assembly elections including Bihar.
What did Rahul Gandhi say?
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared an article published in many newspapers and ‘X’ by shared ‘post’ that the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election was “the blueprint of rigging in democracy” and this “match fixing” will now be repeated in Bihar. By sharing the ‘post’ on the social media forum ‘X’, Gandhi spoke about the alleged irregularities in the election in a phased manner how fake voters were added to the voter list, the voting percentage was exaggerated, fake voting was conducted and later the evidence was hidden.
Election Commission dismisses allegations
The Election Commission dismissed the allegation and said that after not getting favorable results, defaming the election body is completely absurd task. In response to Rahul Gandhi’s claims, CM Fadnavis said in his article that Congress leaders are constantly “insulting” the democratic process and the mandate of the people.
People rejected Rahul Gandhi- CM
The CM alleged, “People have rejected Rahul Gandhi and in return they are rejecting the people and their mandate.” He said, “It would be more prudent to accept defeat once. There is a need to self -consciousness on where you are wrong, why your association with people is less and what you should do about it. ”He alleged that Congress leaders are preparing their excuses for the defeat to them in the upcoming assembly elections including Bihar.
Mahayuti, formed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), won the 2024 Maharashtra elections and defeated the Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) coalition Mahavikas Aghadi and won with an overwhelming majority.
What did CM say on India’s joint campaign?
CM Fadnavis said, “As far as Maharashtra elections are concerned, it was not originally a contest between Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi. Another factor was: India Adoption Campaign. What was the ‘break’ campaign in this campaign named ‘Jino’? ”He claimed that it was creating misconceptions in the public against all the constitutional institutions of the country including the judiciary and the Election Commission and thus encouraging them to fight against the country.
The Chief Minister said that from 1950 till the enactment of a new law (previous) Congress governments directly appointed the Chief Election Commissioner. He said that till now 25 of the 26 commissioners were appointed directly by the Central Government. He said that for the first time Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed a committee which includes the Leader of the Opposition or the Leader of the largest political party.
‘The number of young voters is continuously increasing’
Referring to Gandhi’s objection to the increase in the number of voters in the Maharashtra elections held last year, CM Fadnavis said that the number of young voters is continuously increasing. Rahul Gandhi described the increase in the number of voters as a “fake voter”. He said, “Between 2014 and 2019, 63 lakh new voters were added; 75 million new voters were added from 2009 to 2014; And from 2004 to 2009, one crore new voters were added. This means that nothing was extraordinary in 2024. ”
‘Five percent more voting than Lok Sabha elections’
The Chief Minister said that the assembly elections in 2004 had five percent more polling than the Lok Sabha elections, compared to four percent more in 2009, three percent more in 2014, one percent in 2019 and four percent more in 2024. He said that nothing new happened in 2024.
‘Big joke for sudden increase in voting percentage’
CM Fadnavis said, “The claim of sudden increase in voting percentage is a big joke. Does Rahul Gandhi not know that all the people present in the queue at the booth from 6 pm to six in the evening are allowed to cast their votes?
Along with this, he said, “But are you hiding this fact because you won that election?” The Chief Minister said that the first final voting figures used to come late at night; Now the figure of five o’clock in the evening is released and the final figure comes the next day.