New Delhi: The Congress and its INDIA bloc allies try to undermine the integrity of India’s electoral course of, the BJP alleged on Sunday and urged the Election Commission to stop any makes an attempt of “violence and unrest” through the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on June 4.
A BJP delegation comprising Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal additionally urged the ballot panel to take cognisance of the “systematic attempts” being made to undermine the electoral course of and provoke stringent motion towards these accountable.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission (EC) on this regard.
“We had to call upon the Election Commission today in light of the repeated attempts by a section of political parties, like the Congress and their INDI alliance partners, and also by certain motivated civil society groups and NGOs who are trying their level best to undermine the integrity of India’s electoral process,” Goyal instructed reporters after assembly EC officers.
Their efforts towards India’s “very robust” electoral course of are a direct assault on the nation’s democratic establishments and pose a danger to public order and belief within the electoral system, he stated.
The BJP delegation urged the EC to make sure enhanced monitoring and safety measures are put in place through the counting of votes to stop “any attempts at violence or unrest”.
Earlier within the day, a delegation of opposition INDIA bloc leaders, together with Congress’ Abhishek Singhvi, met the EC and urged it to make sure that all the rules, together with declaring the postal-ballot outcomes earlier than the result of the EVMs is introduced, are adopted on June 4.
Union minister Goyal stated, “I think the mandate given by the people of India both in 2014 and 2019 and the likely mandate of the 2024 general elections expected on June 4 has unnerved the opposition parties and certain non-governmental organisations, so-called civil society groups, who cannot accept a popular leader of the masses who has delivered for the well-being of 1.4 billion Indians.”
Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain energy for a 3rd straight time period, with the BJP-led NDA anticipated to win a giant majority within the Lok Sabha polls.
Terming the exit polls “bogus”, the Congress on Sunday stated they have been a “deliberate attempt to justify rigging” of the elections and a part of “psychological games” being performed by Prime Minister Modi to decrease the morale of the INDIA bloc employees. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi dubbed the exit polls as “Modi media poll”.
Goyal stated the BJP delegation urged the EC to make sure that each official engaged within the counting course of is absolutely conversant with the “minutest details” of the train and engages diligently with all protocols of counting in order that there could be no deviation in anyway.
The delegation additionally urged the ballot panel “to ensure safety and security of the electoral process during the counting and announcement of results, including enhanced monitoring and security measures to prevent any attempts at violence or unrest”, he stated.
Goyal stated the BJP delegation requested the EC to take cognisance of the “systematic attempts” being made to undermine the electoral course of and take stringent motion towards these accountable.
“We also urged the EC to issue a public statement affirming the integrity of the electoral process and warning against any attempts to disrupt the democratic process,” he added.
Goyal lashed out at Gandhi for terming the exit polls “Modi media poll” and stated the Congress chief has handed “very uncharitable comments about the media”.
“I strongly condemn the effort to put pressure on the media, the effort to try and paint the media black and to undermine the work that the media is doing,” he instructed reporters.
Those who are usually not in a position to settle for Prime Minister Modi’s management and his authorities’s work within the final 10 years are constantly popping out with a toolkit to undermine India’s establishments, be it the Supreme Court, numerous regulatory our bodies or the EC, he stated.
“The toolkit has now come out with a Delhi resolution of May 28, we don’t know who are the parties and the people behind this Delhi resolution, there are no signatories, no names but certain political parties tend to now support such an effort to undermine India’s democracy,” he charged.
“This is a regular sinister attempt carried out by certain bodies in the guise of civil societies who are very often fronting for the opposition,” Goyal stated including, “The BJP and the NDA strongly condemn such efforts by the opposition parties and certain civil society groups.”
The senior BJP chief stated Indians are “extremely proud” that for 30 years now the nation has had an unblemished monitor file during which elections are held in a free and honest method.
The world as we speak appears to be like as much as India’s electoral system as some of the strong, clear and high-integrity election techniques, he stated.
“We strongly condemn the Congress and the toolkit and their associates who are working against India’s interest and are damaging India’s credibility and India’s rich tradition of democracy across the world. We are proud of our electoral process,” Goyal stated.
