New Delhi, Oct 13 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying he is such a “mafia” who has “criminalised” the entire electoral system.
The Rajya Sabha MP said the fight for democracy and the right to vote will continue “under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi”.
His remarks to the media came after Congress leader Gandhi hosted INDIA bloc leaders and members of civil society and student organisations at his residence for tea.
“Gyanesh Kumar is a mafia, he is such a mafia who has criminalised the entire (electoral) system. We know how to fight and deal with such mafias.
“For the past 12 years, (PM Narendra) Modi and (Home Minister Amit) Shah had kept the country in fear and intimidation, but now it’s their turn to be afraid,” Raut said at the joint address to the media here.
They are sitting scared, deploying such huge forces, Raut added.
“This struggle, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi ji, will continue in Delhi, states and cities, and all of us are together and will remain together,” he said.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and several opposition leaders, including Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha of the RJD, Mahua Maji (JMM), Harender Malik, Anand Bhadauria and Mohibullah Nadvi (SP), M A Baby (CPI-M), D Raja and P Sandosh Kumar (CPI), AISA chief Neha Bora, Dipankar Bhattacharya (CPI-ML), and Mahua Moitra (TMC) attended the tea at Gandhi’s 5, Sunehri Bagh Road, residence here.
(PTI News)
