Shillong, Sep 1: The Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) strongly condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) protest outside the state Congress headquarters here today over a controversy surrounding Rahul Gandhi’s reported remarks during the ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar.
According to the MPCC, the BJP has deliberately attributed false words to Gandhi to engineer outrage and distract the nation.
“This is not a grievance, but a stunt designed to divert public attention from the real issue: the systematic theft of votes and the ongoing collapse of India’s economy under the Modi government,” the MPCC stated.
According to a statement issued by the party, the Congress stands firm in asserting that this orchestrated controversy is intended to obscure the serious electoral fraud uncovered by the party that strikes at the very heart of Indian democracy.
While categorically rejecting the BJP’s allegation that Gandhi made derogatory remarks about the PM’s late mother, the MPCC said that hiding behind emotion when cornered by facts is a familiar BJP tactic.
“When unable to answer for unemployment, inflation and rigged elections, they weaponise grief, religion and identity to deflect accountability,” the MPCC added, describing today’s protest as a smokescreen.
The party also stated that the BJP has yet to respond to the Congress Party’s detailed, evidence-backed findings of large-scale voter roll fraud in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency.
The MPCC stated that after six months of rigorous fieldwork and analysis of Election Commission data, Congress uncovered over 1 lakh suspicious entries, including duplicate voters, fake addresses and invalid photos.
“This was not a clerical error, it was systematic manipulation. And if it happened in Karnataka, it can happen anywhere, including Meghalaya,” the MPCC warned.
