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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) alleged that aft “vote chori” and “sarkar chori”, the BJP was progressive successful “seat chori” successful the Rajya Sabha elections, and the ruling party’s “jugalbandi” with the Election Commission of India (ECI) finished the contention adjacent earlier it started.
Mr. Gandhi’s onslaught came aft the ECI rejected the information of Meenakshi Natarajan, the Congress Rajya Sabha campaigner successful Madhya Pradesh.
“After 'vote chori' and 'sarkar chori', the BJP-EC jugalbandi has finished the contention earlier it has adjacent begun with 'seat chori',” Mr. Gandhi said successful a station connected X.
"Look astatine what happened successful the Rajya Sabha elections. Congress campaigner Meenakshi Natarajan ji submitted each document. No pending cases. The EC cancelled her information connected BJP’s frivolous objection,” helium said.
Citing the lawsuit of Parimal Nathwani, the BJP-backed Independent Rajya Sabha nominee successful Jharkhand, Mr. Gandhi said helium got his ain sanction incorrect connected the signifier and skipped aggregate mandatory disclosures, “yet the EC gave him an hold to hole everything”.
"Same Election Commission. Two candidates. One was disqualified without adjacent a hearing. The different was rewarded contempt not pursuing the rules," the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha alleged.
“When the Congress sought a meeting, the EC archetypal tried to evade us. When we yet met, they did not accidental 1 word. Expect to spot overmuch much of this - due to the fact that for the BJP, it is acold easier to hole the predetermination than to triumph it,” Mr. Gandhi said.
The Congress archetypal petitioned the ECI, and aft failing to get immoderate respite, it moved the Supreme Court, which volition perceive the petition connected Friday (June 12, 2026).
Hitting back, BJP person Pradeep Bhandari said the Congress should archetypal place the "insider" wrong the enactment who is moving against it.
"It was the Congress Party itself that allegedly caused its candidate, Meenakshi Natarajan, to taxable her information papers incorrectly. Information was deliberately withheld. Today, the Congress Party is trying to play the unfortunate card.
"The enactment has respective salient lawyers, and they are alert of a 2013 judgement by a three-judge seat of the Supreme Court of India headed by Justice P. Sathasivam, which intelligibly states that if accusation is intentionally withheld, adjacent successful narration to a pending transgression case, it amounts to a important defect. On that basis, a information tin beryllium cancelled.”
Mr. Bhandari said the important constituent is that Telangana is besides a Congress-ruled State and the enactment should bespeak connected who leaked this accusation from Telangana successful the archetypal place.
