Malappuram(Keralam), Sep 23 Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that if CEC Gyanesh Kumar was aware of elections being rigged and allowed it to happen, then its “treachery to the nation” and “an act of treason”.
Priyanka, speaking to reporters at Nilambur here, said that her brother and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was continuously taking up the issue of the “biases and the injustice that is going on through the Election Commission of India (ECI)”.
She said that he has repeatedly highlighted multiple issues and now it was coming out in the news media as well that Election Commissioners themselves have highlighted some of the issues to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
“So, I think it is an extremely serious issue for our democracy because if there are no elections, where is democracy? If the elections are unfair and are being rigged in any manner and the ECI is assisting in that, and the Election Commissioner is not only aware of it, but also allowing it to happen, then it is a very very serious assault on democracy. It is actually treachery with the nation. it is an act of treason,” she said.
She was referring to reports of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagging multiple issues, including deletion of names, in various states during the voter roll cleanup under SIR.
However, ECI officials have said that the poll body was unanimous in its decisions related to the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list.
(PTI News)
