BJP hits out at INDIA bloc over anti-CEC rally, calls it a 'calculated conspiracy'
Party says Opposition trying to create anarchy and hurt Sikh sentiments in view of the 1984 riots
The INDIA bloc held a massive rally on Sunday in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, protesting alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Several leaders from the opposition parties, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, and Janata Dal (United) chief Tejashwi Yadav, addressed the gathering.
The rally saw a large turnout of supporters, party workers, and youth from the INDIA bloc parties, who displayed placards and chanted slogans against the SIR exercise and demanded Kumar's removal. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were attempting to steal votes, particularly of women, youth, and Dalits.
He claimed that Modi selects voters instead of them selecting him. Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav pointed out that the BJP was realizing its own supporters could also be affected by deletions from electoral rolls. TMC leader Mamata Banerjee accused the SIR of being a victim of vote manipulation in Bengal and vowed to fight against it.
JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, representing the PDP, emphasized the contributions of Muslims to the nation and vowed to continue fighting for democracy.
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