New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of not performing its duty of enforcing the and #39;one man, one vote and #39; principle and said and quot;abhi picture baki hai and quot;, alluding to the claims of irregularities in the voters and #39; list.
Gandhi asserted that his party was engaged in protecting the Constitution and would continue to do so.
and quot;There is not just one seat (where there is and #39;vote chori and #39;) but there are a number of seats. This is being done at a national level and systematically. The EC knows it and we know it too, and quot; the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
and quot;Earlier, evidence was not there but now the evidence is there. We protect the Constitution. and #39;One man, one vote and #39; is the foundation of the Constitution, and quot; Gandhi said.
It is the duty of the EC to enforce and #39;one man, one vote and #39; and they have not done their duty, Gandhi said.
and quot;So we are protecting the Constitution and will continue to do so. We will not stop, and quot; he said.
Asked about Minta Devi, a 124-year-old voter allegedly listed in the Election Commission and #39;s voter list from Bihar, Gandhi said, and quot;There are unlimited cases like that. Abhi picture baki hai. and quot;
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said there were several such cases in which addresses and names of relatives etc. are all fake.
Earlier in the day, several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday against the Election Commission and #39;s voter roll revision in Bihar, with many of them wearing white T-shirts that had the name of the and quot;124-year-old voter and quot; allegedly found on the state and #39;s voters and #39; list emblazoned on it.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, TMC and #39;s Derek O and #39;Brien, DMK and #39;s TR Baalu, NCP(SP) and #39;s Supriya Sule, as well as other opposition MPs from DMK and Left parties, gathered near Parliament and #39;s Makar Dwar. They held posters and raised slogans, demanding a rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Several MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi, were seen wearing white T-shirts with and #39;Minta Devi and #39; and her photo emblazoned on it and and #39;124 Not Out and #39; written at the back.
Congress and #39; Manickam Tagore alleged that the EC under Rajeev Kumar and Gyanesh Kumar has become a department of the BJP.
and quot;Minta Devi is a first time voter and she is 124-years-old. The voters list carries her name as a first time voter. We are wanting a discussion on such issues. How EC has become a party to the BJP. The voter list is full of such fraud, and quot; he charged while participating in the protest.
There has been a logjam in Parliament over the SIR in Bihar. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in the two Houses, Parliament has seen little business ever since the Monsoon session began on July 21 due to repeated adjournments, mostly over the SIR issue.
On Monday, opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Kharge and Pawar, took out a protest march from the Parliament House to the Election Commission office against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged and quot;vote chori and quot;, but were stopped midway by the police and briefly detained amid high drama.