Accusing senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of making false statements about the Indian Constitution, the BJP has filed a complaint against him with the Election Commission of India (ECI).
A delegation of the BJP met the Chief Election Officer (CEO) and urged him to act against the Congress MP for “gross violation” of the Model Code of Conduct.
It also sought an FIR to be lodged against him for circulating false claims.
“A delegation of the BJP met the Chief Election Commissioner today. We told him that on November 6, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, tried to lie once again. During his Maharashtra election campaign, he attempted to pit states against each other,” Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told reporters in the national capital.
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“He waved the Constitution and lied again that the BJP is about to destroy it. This is false. We told EC that this should be stopped. We also told the panel that Rahul Gandhi is habitual of doing this, not deterring from it, despite warnings and notices. We said that an FIR should be lodged against Rahul Gandhi under Sec 353 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS),” the minister added.
The BJP’s complaint was in connection with Rahul Gandhi’s speech at an election rally in Mumbai on November 6 where he claimed that Apple iPhones and Boeing aero planes are being manufactured in other states at the expense of Maharashtra.
In a bid to target the BJP, Rahul Gandhi, in the same election rally, also alleged that the saffron party, along with the RSS wanted to destroy the Constitution of India.
“There is a battle of ideology in the country. On one side is the BJP-RSS. On the other side is the INDIA alliance. On one side, there is Ambedkar ji’s Constitution, which has unity, equality, love and respect. On the other hand, are the people of the BJP-RSS, who want to destroy the Constitution. But they (BJP-RSS) don’t say this openly because if they speak it openly then the whole country will stand against them,” the Gandhi scion had said.
Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be held on November 20. Votes will be counted on the 23rd of the month.