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On the press convention, Gandhi alleged that voters have been deleted en masse from the Grand Previous Get together’s strongholds in Karnataka through the 2023 meeting election
Rahul Gandhi (PTI Picture)
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) on Thursday accused Rahul Gandhi of insulting the nationwide anthem on the Congress chief’s briefing the place he alleged that voters have been deleted en masse from the Grand Previous Get together’s strongholds in Karnataka through the 2023 meeting election.
Pradeep Bhandari, nationwide spokesperson of the BJP, mentioned solely half of the nationwide anthem was performed on stage and he termed it an “insult to Bharat”.
BJP chief Shehzad Poonawalla too put out a video, saying insulting the nation’s symbols had grow to be synonymous with Gandhi’s id. “In Gandhi’s power-point presentation, the national anthem played from the middle. He insults the national flag, constitutional institutions, Supreme Court, Election Commission. Now, he is insulting the national anthem too. It is Gandhi’s policy to fight against the Indian State. Gandhi and his party oppose not just PM Modi, but also India’s symbols and institutions. Why does he carry such hate against them?”
This isn’t the primary time the BJP has accused Gandhi of insulting the nationwide anthem. Earlier, shared a video of the Congress chief from the occasion’s ‘Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan’ occasion in Patna, the occasion had claimed that he didn’t stand straight through the anthem and provides it the respect it deserves.
Within the video, that went viral on social media, Gandhi may very well be seen waving and greeting the occasion staff because the anthem performed. Nevertheless, later he’s seen standing straight and in addition gesturing to the viewers to comply with protocol.
The Press Convention
On Thursday, Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar of defending ‘vote chors’ and those that have destroyed democracy, and cited information from the Aland meeting constituency to say that the votes of Congress supporters have been being systematically deleted forward of elections.
He claimed that 6,018 purposes have been filed impersonating voters, and this submitting was executed routinely utilizing cell numbers from exterior Karnataka. He added that the deletions have been being executed utilizing software program.
The Election Fee, nonetheless, termed the allegations “incorrect and baseless”, stressing that votes can’t be deleted on-line.
Addressing the controversy over alleged deletions in Karnataka’s Aland Meeting constituency, the ECI identified that it was the Fee itself that had flagged anomalies final yr. “In 2023, certain unsuccessful attempts were made for the deletion of electors in the Aland Assembly Constituency and a First Information Report (FIR) was filed by the authority of ECI itself to investigate the matter,” an official assertion learn.
Earlier, the Election Fee sources had termed as “unfortunate” Rahul Gandhi’s remarks immediately focusing on Kumar, stressing that he took cost solely six months in the past and can’t be held answerable for alleged irregularities reported final yr.
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September 18, 2025, 12:39 IST
Information politics ‘Insult To Bharat’: BJP Accuses Rahul Gandhi Of Insulting Nationwide Anthem At ‘Vote Chori’ Briefing
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