“Election Chor of India…”: RJD MP Sanjay Yadav accuses ECI of “colluding” with BJP to carry out “vote theft”

NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sanjay Yadav on Tuesday called the Election Commission of India “Election Chor (thief) of India” as the opposition continued its protest against the poll body over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and “vote theft” claims.Speaking to ANI, Sanjay Yadav said that the Election Commission has become an “anti-democratic squad’ of the BJP. “Election Commission of India has become ‘Election Chor of India’. The Election Commission is working as an anti-democratic wing of the BJP. EC has become an ‘anti-democratic squad’ of the BJP. People of the BJP used to speak of ending the Constitution. When the people of the country taught them a lesson in the 2024 elections, the EC is being made to do that work now,” Yadav told ANI. Earlier today, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge joined fellow INDIA bloc members in staging a protest in Parliament over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue. Several Opposition MPs arrived wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘124 Not Out’.Prominent leaders such as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar), MP Supriya Sule, and DMK MP Kanimozhi also protested on the issue.On Monday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, and other INDIA bloc MPs were detained by the Delhi Police while marching from Parliament to the Election Commission office in protest against alleged irregularities in Bihar.Rahul Gandhi said that the Opposition’s fight is not a political fight but a fight to save the constitution.”The reality is that they cannot talk. The truth is in front of the country. This fight is not political. This fight is to save the Constitution. This fight is for One Man, One Vote. We want a clean, pure voters list,” the Congress leader said.The Election Commission on Monday said that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi “still has time” to submit a formal declaration to substantiate his allegation of “vote theft” or apologise to the country.