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Political economist and writer Parakala Prabhakar connected Saturday said that the Opposition parties should discard the ‘Casino syndrome’ portion speaking astir “voter fraud” and urged their MPs to earnestly see resigning from their posts, truthful arsenic to not extremity up “legitimising” the BJP and their decisions successful Parliament.
Speaking connected the taxable ‘Defend Democracy, Stop Electoral Fraud’ successful an lawsuit organised by Chennai Thinker’s Forum, Mr. Prabhakar said, “Representatives of Parliament and State Assemblies person everything astatine stake. Please fight. The full state is worried, anxious and acrophobic astir it. If we fto this infinitesimal slip, hide astir ideology successful India. It is already a farce. My contention is that, if Lok Sabha was elected connected the flawed voters list, then, this Lok Sabha has nary legitimacy.”
“The assemblage that is liable for this benignant of irregularity, it needs to go,” helium said.
“They inquire me, if the full Opposition resigns, the authorities volition person a escaped run. If each these parties boycott elections, they volition person 400. By sitting successful the Lok Sabha, what are they (Opposition) achieving? When the authorities wanted to walk immoderate important Bills...for instance, Election Commission, suspended much than 140 MPs, making it easier for the authorities to walk the Bill. By not resigning, are you stalling anything? You are conscionable legitimising it by sitting there,” helium added.
Mr. Prabhakar further said, “What are you talking about? You are talking about Vote Chori. So, erstwhile you triumph Wayanad determination is no Vote Chori? When you triumph Rae Bareli, determination is no Vote Chori? When you triumph successful Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh....there is no Vote Chori? Only erstwhile you lose, determination is Vote Chori? When this question is posed, I americium atrocious to say, each the governmental parties support quiet. I privation to suggest an reply to this...how galore of you cognize astir casinos? If you spell to a casino and you suffer each game, volition you spell play? So what Casino does is that... you triumph 1 game, you are excited. After that you lose... but past you person anticipation that you volition triumph again. You volition play again... past you suffer 2 games. Then you suffer four, you triumph one. So that your anticipation of winning is kept alive, but astatine the extremity of the day, the Casino wins.”
N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Publishing Group and erstwhile Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, said the citizenship of each Indian itself has travel nether unit and battle successful definite parts of this country. “For the archetypal clip successful the past of autarkic India, peculiarly aft our Republican Constitution was given...religion has been utilized arsenic a marker for citizenship. Today, successful the Bihar election...franchise has travel nether attack, much than six cardinal person been deleted successful the process called Special Intensive Revision. The Congress person Rahul Gandhi deserves a batch of recognition for taking the issue it to the people. In the discourse of Bihar, we indispensable each acknowledge, Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s spirit, courageousness and absorption connected this issue. I judge it has made a difference. It has altered the outlook...trust successful the Election Commission of India has travel down,” helium said.
Former Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP A. Raja said that helium would convey Mr. Prabhakar’s suggestions to Chief Minister and DMK president, M.K. Stalin, and said that the absorption to it would erstwhile again commencement from Tamil Nadu.
