Rising KashmirRising KashmirRising Kashmir
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search

Archives

  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022

Categories

  • Anchor
  • Breaking
  • Business
  • City
  • Developing Story
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Features
  • Health
  • Interview
  • Jammu
  • Jammu and Kashmir News
  • Kashmir
  • Kashmir Tourism
  • Kath Bath
  • National
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top Stories
  • Trending
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Viewpoint
  • World
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: BJP nowhere near 246 in fair election…”: Rahul Gandhi terms Lok Sabha polls “controlled election
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Follow US
© 2024. All Rights Reserved.
Rising Kashmir > Blog > Breaking > BJP nowhere near 246 in fair election…”: Rahul Gandhi terms Lok Sabha polls “controlled election
Breaking

BJP nowhere near 246 in fair election…”: Rahul Gandhi terms Lok Sabha polls “controlled election

ANI
Last updated: September 10, 2024 9:37 am
ANI
Published: September 10, 2024
Share
6 Min Read
SHARE

Terming the Lok Sabha polls as a “controlled election”, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not have been near 240 seats in “fair election.”

While interacting with students and faculty at Georgetown University, Rahul Gandhi said that caste system had become a “big and fundamental question” in India. He said that the entire campaign was structured in a way that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could do his thing across the country. He stated that the Election Commission was doing as the BJP wanted.

He said, “There was also the caste census issue that became big and that’s a fundamental question in India you know. Share what you say in Hindi (Bhagidari) of the institutions, the structure, the power of the Indian state. So, these things suddenly started to come together and at some level I was frankly blown away by the wisdom of India.”

“I would sometimes sit there and say, this is is quite amazing, right? There was like a wall that suddenly arrived and said, okay, we are not backing down now.

And really, I don’t think the BJP, in a fair election, they were nowhere near 240 seats, no way, I mean, I’d be surprised if they had a financial, you know, huge financial advantage. They had locked our bank accounts for one but huge war chest. The Election Commission was doing what they wanted. I mean, the entire campaign was structured so Mr Modi could do his thing across the country. States where they were weak were designed differently than states where they were strong.So I don’t view it as a free election at all.I view it as a rather controlled election,” he added.

The Congress MP said that the Congress party, prior to the elections, was stressing that institutions have been captured and they were not given a fair playing field. However, he noted that people could not understand it.

He stated that people understood the situation when they started holding up constitution. Rahul Gandhi said that people understood that there is a fight between those who are protecting the constitution and those who want to destroy it and called it a “very strong element.”

Taking a jibe at the BJP-led government over taking control of institutions, Gandhi said, “Multiple things came together. So for example, prior to the election, we kept stressing on the idea that the institutions have been captured. And whenever we’d go, India alliance would go, we’d go, we stress on this idea that, look, the institutions are captured and we don’t have a fair playing field. The education system is captured by the RSS, the media system is captured, the investigative agencies are captured. And we keep saying this and people were not quite getting it ad we would keep saying it, keep saying it again and again and again and somehow they were just not getting it. And we couldn’t understand why because we were like, it’s obvious to us, it’s obvious to them and something wasn’t working.”

“And then in one meeting one of the people who works with us said, listen, try holding up the constitution. And so I started holding up the constitution and everything we had said suddenly just exploded. So, India realized in this election, and really, I mean, not to divide it so crudely, but poor India, disenfranchised India, oppressed India, that India, it understood that if the Constitution goes, the whole game is gone. And so that just that was the first sort of, I saw it, there was a shockwave that when I would hold up the constitution, it would go like.I could see the shockwave going that people like, and then people started coming to me, you know, when you’re in these meetings, you’ll start hearing from the sides that, you know, they’ll bring a constitution or they’ll start saying it. So what was very interesting to me was poor people deeply understood that now this was a fight between those who are protecting the Constitution and those who want to destroy it. So that was one very strong element,” he added.

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi addressed the Indian diaspora at an event in Virginia. He arrived in Dallas on Sunday for a three-day visit to the US.

During his visit to Dallas, he interacted with students and teachers at the University of Texas. He also addressed the members of the Indian diaspora in Dallas. (ANI)

Chandrayaan-3: PM meets scientists behind successful lunar landing, hugs ISRO chief Somanath
Several injured in Sonamarg road accident
Kashmir Journalists to soon have Press Club: Executive Body
Div com Kashmir visits Sonamarg, assures help to fire victims
Pakistan win toss, opt to bat against Nepal in Asia Cup 2023 opener

Sign Up For Daily Newsletter

Be keep up! Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Copy Link Print
Previous Article BJP set to roll out ‘ Har Ghar Bhajapa ‘ campaign in J&K ahead of assembly polls
Next Article ‘I don’t hate PM Modi, but disagree with his point of view’: Rahul Gandhi in US
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected

1MFollowersLike
262kFollowersFollow
InstagramFollow
234kSubscribersSubscribe
Google NewsFollow

Latest News

Sakeena Itoo asks for proactive approach in monitoring pharmaceutical, food supply chains across J&K
Developing Story Jammu and Kashmir News
June 18, 2025
Drug peddler arrested with contraband in Kupwara
Breaking
June 18, 2025
Iran shoots downs Israeli drone
Breaking World
June 18, 2025
Iran’s centrifuge production sites hit by Israeli strikes, IAEA confirms
Breaking World
June 18, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Sakeena Itoo asks for proactive approach in monitoring pharmaceutical, food supply chains across J&K
  • Drug peddler arrested with contraband in Kupwara
  • Iran shoots downs Israeli drone
  • Iran’s centrifuge production sites hit by Israeli strikes, IAEA confirms
  • Drug Peddling Crackdown: Anantnag Police Attach Properties Worth ₹40 Lakh

Recent Comments

  1. Shah on Relief for Employees: J&K Bank Fixes EMI-Credit Mismatch, says JK Bank Chairman
  2. Latif khan on Why Kashmir needs Stronger Private Healthcare and Health Insurance
  3. Sameer farooq mir on Qazi Irfan assumes charge as RTO Kashmir
  4. Captain Vikrama on CM Omar Abdullah hails historic feat as three Kashmiri Girls crack IIT-JEE Advanced
  5. BASHIR AHMAD BHAT on Poor hotel accommodation, lack of medical facilities irk Kashmiri pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, video goes viral

Contact Us

Flat No 7,Press Enclave, Srinagar, 190001
0194 2477887
9971795706
[email protected]
[email protected]

Quick Link

  • E-Paper
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Top Categories

Stay Connected

1.06MLike
262.5kFollow
InstagramFollow
234.3kSubscribe
WhatsAppFollow
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Follow US
© 2025. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?