BJP Defends Electoral Record
Rahul Gandhi questions BJP immunity to anti-incumbency as BJP cites past electoral losses.
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Rahul Gandhi argued that anti-incumbency, which he said has affected leaders and parties across India, appears not to affect Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah or the BJP. He cited past political swings in several states and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s loss of support after a period of popularity, and linked his concerns to allegations of election irregularities and disputes within the Election Commission. The BJP rejected Gandhi’s claim, with spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari pointing to the party’s losses in 20 elections since 2014 as evidence that it has faced anti-incumbency. The Election Commission has said its decisions on the disputed voter-roll revision were unanimous, while noting that differing views were part of internal deliberations.
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Gandhi compared the apparent absence of anti-incumbency against the BJP to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and North Korea, saying, “There is no democracy on this planet where anti-incumbency does not exist.”
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Gandhi called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign and said he was “100 per cent certain” that elections in India were being rigged.
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An Indian Express investigation reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally dissented from Commission decisions at least 14 times over a 10-month period.
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Gandhi played an old campaign video of Narendra Modi chanting “abki baar, 400 paar,” presenting it as an illustration of Modi’s confidence despite what Gandhi said should be anti-incumbency.
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