Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed his deep gratitude for all the freedom fighters who participated in the 'Quit India Movement' led by Mahatma Gandhi.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh backed the Election Commission for conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound Bihar.
"Rahul Gandhi is an expert in lying. The whole Opposition and Congress are skilled in doing fraudulent politics. It was Rahul Gandhi who initially demanded a revision of the voter list," the BJP MP told ANI outside Parliament.
Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Banerjee accused the BJP of being "entangled in the same tactics" it had tried to use against the Opposition and warned that they would face a "strong reply" in the upcoming polls.
The Centre and opposition on Friday sparred over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "vote theft" against the Election Commission of India (ECI), with BJP leaders and allies dismissing his claims as "baseless."
"It seems like Rahul Gandhi got a script written by Salim-Javed. It's an entertaining script, and he's reading it out everywhere. He's not saying anything beyond that script. Not a single point he's making is factual; everything is imaginary. He says there's manipulation in the voter list
"The foundation of democracy is free and fair elections. If the right to vote is being taken away, if governments are being elected not by votes but by fraud, then it is a matter of concern and that is why Rahul Gandhi has raised this issue... The questions raised by Rahul Gandhi, the lea
"...He is telling a constitutional body that the statements he gave to the media is his statement. You are levelling such serious allegations against a Constitutional body, after such serious allegations you are not ready to give it in writing or produce proof for the same. So, you are at
Labelling Rahul Gandhi's claims as 'baseless", the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said that the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha is trying to "sensationalise" the issue instead of availing the legal processes.
Speaking to reporters, the Union Minister, citing Rahul Gandhi's statement, said if there are common entries, then Special Intensive Review (SIR) becomes all the more important. He further asked Congress to decide whether they are supporting or opposing SIR.
"...Gyanesh Kumar ji should be ashamed. Can the Election Commission plant news quoting sources? If he has any self-respect left, then he should take action against those who ran the information about Rahul Gandhi on sources.... Before the Delhi election, we had told EC about voter list ma