‘Dhool Chehre Pe Thi…’: CM Fadnavis’s Delicate But Sharp Counter To Rahul Gandhi’s Rigged Polls Allegations | India Information

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday countered Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that the 2024 Maharashtra Meeting Elections have been “rigged” with a delicate but sharp rebuke.

Talking to reporters in Pune, the CM in a poetic method, mentioned that the Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has made the identical mistake all through his complete life. 

“Ta-umr Rahul Gandhi aap yahi galti karte rahe, dhool chehre pe thi aur aap aina saaf karte rahe (All through your life, Rahul Gandhi, you’ve got at all times made the identical mistake; The mud was in your face, however you stored cleansing the mirror),” CM Fadnavis mentioned, talking in Hindi. 

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— ANI (@ANI) June 8, 2025

Earlier, he referred to as the allegations “nonsense,” a “lie,” and “an insult to voters.”

“Which means that Rahul Gandhi has accepted his defeat in Bihar. Until the time Rahul Gandhi involves the bottom and understands information, lies to folks, and offers false hopes to himself and his social gathering, his social gathering can by no means win,” Fadnavis advised reporters.

“He must get up and perceive the truth. In any other case, he’ll hold talking nonsense, hold mendacity, and insulting voters… Neither does Rahul Gandhi perceive what he is saying, nor do folks perceive what he is saying,” he mentioned.

Rahul Gandhi’s Allegations

Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, alleged that the Maharashtra Meeting Elections held in November 2024 have been “rigged”, and claimed that the identical will likely be repeated in Bihar Meeting Polls which might be due later this 12 months.

In a put up on X, Gandhi addressed the Election Fee of India (EC) and requested to publish consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the newest elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states, together with Maharashtra.

“Expensive EC, you’re a Constitutional physique. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries will not be the way in which to answer severe questions,” he wrote. 

“If in case you have 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

• Releasing all post-5pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling cubicles.”

Expensive EC,

You’re a Constitutional physique. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries will not be the way in which to answer severe questions.

If in case you have nothing to cover, reply the questions in my article and show it by:

• Publishing consolidated, digital, machine-readable…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 7, 2025

Maharashtra Meeting Polls 2024

The Maharashtra Meeting Election of 2024 witnessed a victory for the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance, securing a landslide win with 235 seats. The outcomes marked a major milestone for the saffron social gathering, which emerged because the single-largest social gathering with 132 seats. 

(with ANI inputs)