"Congress doesn't want Indians to vote in India": BJP MP Saumitra Khan on Rahul Gandhi's protest against SIR

New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party MP Saumitra Khan took a sharp jab at Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's allegations on the Election Commission, saying that Congress wants Indian to become a dharamshala where any Bangladeshi or Pakistani becomes a voter.
While talking to ANI, BJP MP Saumitra Khan said, "Congress doesn't want Indians to vote in India. They want India to become a dharamshala so that any Bangladeshi or Pakistani who comes here becomes a voter. They even want votes for those who have died. How is this possible? A person who has died cannot vote."
"Whatever the Election Commission is doing is correct. The more Rahul Gandhi discusses these things, the fewer Indians will vote for him", he added further.
This statement came amid the INDIA block protest and also after Rahul Gandhi's press conference where he blamed the EC and the BJP party for "vote chori" in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi linked the INDIA bloc leaders' march to the Election Commission as a "fight to save the Constitution" and demanded a "pure" voters list, while Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP-led Union government of being "scared".
Delhi police on Monday detained Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and a host of other INDIA bloc leaders as the police foiled their march to the Election Commission to protest over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of "vote chori" (vote theft) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi told reporters while being detained, "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."
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told ANI, "Dare hue hai. Sarkaar kaayar hai" (They are scared. The Government is a coward).
Among the other leaders who were detained were Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and TMC MP Sagarika Ghose.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was seen jumping over barricades as Delhi Police stopped the INDIA bloc MPs from marching to the Election Commission's office. The Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister could be seen climbing over the barricades, installed by the police to block the protesting MPs. Akhilesh Yadav jumped to the other side to continue the protest.
"They are using the police to stop us," Akhilesh Yadav shouted after crossing the barricades. (ANI)