Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (L) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said that Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s “brain is stolen”, the Congress on Friday hit back by describing him as “Chip Minister” instead of Maharashtra CM.
“I think that Rahul Gandhi needs to get his brain checked. Either his brain is stolen or there is a chip missing from his brain, that’s the reason he is making such comments,” Fadnavis said after Gandhi’s vote chori expose nailing the Election Commission.
“The language used by Fadnavis against Gandhi raises questions, is he an agent for the Election Commission, its lawyer, or its spokesperson?” asked state Congress President Harshavardhan Sapkal and alleged that Fadnavis speaks not with pride, but with arrogance that reeks.
“He’s not a Chief Minister but a Chip Minister,” Sapkal said. “Why does the BJP and Fadnavis get so riled up whenever someone questions the Election Commission? Why do Amit Shah and Fadnavis rush to defend it? It’s not just that something is fishy, everything is rotten. Rahul Gandhi has exposed a scam that threatens to reveal the Commission’s vested interests, and that’s what’s making Fadnavis nervous,” he said.
Responding to the BJP’s allegation that Congress didn’t raise objections during polling, Sapkal clarified that Congress had raised concerns during and after polling. Defeated candidates had even filed petitions in the High Court. Evidence of electoral fraud was also submitted to the Election Commission at that time. “BJP is only trying to confuse people with such baseless claims,” he said.
Launching a scathing attack on BJP and EC, Sapkal said, “Rahul Gandhi had presented a logical and compelling case exposing large-scale voting irregularities, demonstrating how democracy is being throttled. Given the clear evidence of this electoral scam, the government should have upheld constitutional morality by forming an SIT or ordering a probe by Supreme Court judges. However, neither the central government nor the Election Commission showed the courage to act. Instead, they asked Rahul Gandhi to file an affidavit, a laughable response.”