‘BJP IT cell is aware of election dates earlier than EC’: Tejashwi Yadav alleges ‘institutional hijack’; blames Modi govt | India Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday launched a fierce assault on the BJP-led central authorities, alleging that each one constitutional establishments have been “hijacked” since Narendra Modi turned Prime Minister in 2014.“You all know that after 2014, since Narendra Modi turned PM, all of the constitutional establishments have been hijacked. BJP IT Cell is aware of the dates of elections earlier than the ECI declares. We’re keeping track of the matter. However the constitutional establishments ought to perform actually. If they’re influenced, there would not be any justice,” mentioned RJD’s Yadav, backing Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s current allegations in opposition to the Election Fee.Referring to the 2020 Bihar elections, Yadav added: “Within the final 2020 elections, we had shaped the federal government, the ECI did three PCs to justify, why the counting was stopped in night? Why it resumed within the night time? These candidates who had been introduced as winners had been later introduced as losers…”The remarks come after chief of opposition within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accused the EC of “match-fixing” the current Maharashtra Meeting elections. He claimed the identical blueprint could possibly be utilized in Bihar and different states “anyplace the BJP is shedding.”“Expensive EC, You’re a Constitutional physique. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries shouldn’t be the way in which to reply to severe questions,” Gandhi mentioned in a publish on X.“When you’ve got nothing to cover, reply the questions in my article and show it by: Publishing consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the newest elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states together with Maharashtra and by releasing all post-5 pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling cubicles,” he added. “Evasion will not defend your credibility. Telling the reality will.”Congress MP from Rae Bareli earlier outlined in a newspaper article the alleged steps in rigging the Maharashtra polls: from rigging appointments to including faux voters, inflating turnout, and hiding proof. “Rigging is like match-fixing — the facet that cheats may win the sport, however damages establishments and destroys public religion within the end result,” he mentioned.In response, Election Fee sources strongly rejected Gandhi’s claims, calling them “unsubstantiated” and an “affront to the rule of legislation.” They added that such accusations demotivate lakhs of ballot employees and discredit party-appointed ballot representatives.With Bihar scheduled to go to polls later this yr, Tejashwi Yadav is anticipated to steer the opposition alliance in opposition to the BJP and CM Nitish Kumar, who’re electoral allies.Maharashtra politics veteran and Thackeray-led Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut additionally responded to Rahul Gandhi’s article, saying, “I’ve learn his article. The Election Fee ought to reply the questions he has raised, however the EC isn’t ready to try this. So why is the BJP stepping in to reply? Rahul Gandhi, because the Chief of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, is the one elevating these issues. There’s no level in Devendra Fadnavis writing any article, nobody will take note of his opinion.”