As Voter Adhikaar Yatra wraps up, Rahul Gandhi pledges, "Not one vote will be stolen in Bihar"

New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): As the ‘Voter Adhikaar Yatra' wraps up, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday pledged that the opposition will not let votes be stolen in Bihar ahead of the forthcoming assembly polls, standing firm on his allegations of vote theft. 

“We pledge – not a single vote will be stolen in Bihar. We will protect democracy and the Constitution with all our might,” Gandhi posted on X. 

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha extended his gratitude towards prominent opposition leaders from various parties, who are also part of the INDIA bloc, for making the ‘Voter Adhikaar Yatra’ “historic”. 

“Heartfelt thanks to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Mukesh Sahni, Bihar Congress leadership, the Congress's Babbar Sher, INDIA workers, and the youth of the state for making the Bihar Voter Adhikaar Yatra historic,” Gandhi said.

Speaking to ANI, Gandhi said that the slogan "Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhodd" was echoing everywhere. "It has now reached China," he added. 

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched a scathing attack on the double-engine government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) in Bihar, and asserted that the Nitish Kumar-led government would be voted out of power in the coming six months. 

"This double-engine government will not be there in the next 6 months. The government that will come will be of the poor, of poor women, of Dalits and backward classes,” Kharge said while addressing a rally on the last day of ‘Voter Adhikaar Yatra’ here.

Kharge also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to win the upcoming Bihar assembly election through "vote theft". He also urged the people to stay alert to protect their voting rights, otherwise "Modi and Amit Shah will drown you."

The 16-day yatra, undertaken by Rahul Gandhi to highlight allegations of 'vote chori' (vote theft) by the BJP and the alleged irregularities in the revised voter list by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has concluded in Patna today.

The rally began on August 18, with Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav riding together in Sasaram. From there, the rally spanned across 25 districts, to Aurangabad, Gayaji, Siwan, and others.

Multiple other INDIA bloc leaders have attended the yatra at various points. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin have joined the rally.

Other chief ministers, including Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu, and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, participated in the yatra. (ANI)