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In a no-holds-barred onslaught connected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission, the Congress connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) held a nationalist rally astatine Delhi’s Ramlila crushed successful which enactment main Mallikarjun Kharge said those indulging successful alleged ballot chori (theft) are “gaddars” (traitors) and request to beryllium removed from power.
Former enactment main Rahul Gandhi said ballot chori is successful BJP’s DNA but the Congress would enactment with information and non-violence to region the Narendra Modi government, a way shown by Mahatma Gandhi.
“This combat is betwixt ‘satya’ and ‘asatya’ [truth and untruth]. We volition basal down ‘satya’ and volition region [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi, [Home Minister] Amit Shah and the RSS authorities from the country. They person ‘satta’ [power] and they indulge successful ‘vote chori’,” Mr. Gandhi said.
The enactment showcased astir six crore signatures it gathered arsenic portion of its run against ballot chori and these would beryllium submitted to the President.
Addressing the ‘Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod’ rally, Mr. Kharge said the ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) main Mohan Bhagwat oregon RSS laminitis M.S. Golwalkar and Manusmriti would destruct the country, and lone the ideology of the Congress could prevention it. He accused the BJP-RSS of trying to “finish disconnected the Constitution and enslave the mediocre successful the sanction of Hindutva”.
“These [BJP] radical are ‘gaddars’, you volition person to region these gaddars. If you privation to support yourself, region these gaddars. For that purpose, Rahul Gandhi walked passim the country. BJP radical are ‘dramebaaz’, they lone judge successful their ain propaganda,” the Congress main said.
Massive turnout
A monolithic turnout of Congress workers from crossed the state marked the party’s mega rally against alleged “vote chori”, with chants of “vote chor, gaddi chhod” echoing crossed the venue.
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, respective elder enactment leaders, and the Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh — Siddaramaiah, Revanth Reddy and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu — were contiguous astatine the rally.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Gandhi named Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, alleging that they were moving successful favour of the BJP and lasting with untruth.
The Lok Sabha Opposition person alleged that “vote chori” was not simply theft of votes but an onslaught connected Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Constitution.
“Had they not been indulging successful ballot chori, you would person removed them from powerfulness successful 5 minutes. Like information is successful your DNA, determination is untruth and ballot chori successful their DNA,” helium said to large applause.
Warns of enactment
Recalling that Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a caller instrumentality granting “immunity” to the Election Commission, Mr. Gandhi warned, “We are telling you [election commissioners] intelligibly that this instrumentality is to support you and we volition alteration this instrumentality retroactively and volition instrumentality strict enactment against you.”
He besides claimed that the Prime Minister had mislaid assurance aft the alleged ballot theft was exposed, adding that Mr. Shah’s “hand was trembling” successful Parliament.
“Amit Shah is brave lone arsenic agelong arsenic helium holds power. The time powerfulness is gone, his bravery volition besides vanish connected that precise day,” the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said.
Mr. Kharge asserted that lone the Congress’s ideology could “save the country”. “The seeds being sown by the RSS-BJP are precise dangerous,” helium said, adding that the Congress’s combat was against the RSS-BJP and those indulging successful ballot theft.
Referring to Mr. Modi’s triumph claims, Mr. Kharge remarked, “We mislaid astatine galore places, but inactive our enactment and our ideology are alive. If Modi loses once, determination volition beryllium nary hint of him aft that,” and urged radical to fortify the Congress’s conflict for the people.
The Congress main besides questioned the Prime Minister’s overseas visits during parliamentary sessions.
