Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge
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New Delhi: The BJP has written to the Election Commission to “censure and restrain” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark that the BJP and RSS want to “end the Constitution”. Apart from writing to the Commission, the BJP has also urged that an FIR be filed against Gandhi under Section 353 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Union law minister Arjun Meghwal on Monday led a delegation to the EC. “A delegation of the BJP met the Chief Election Commissioner today; we told him that on November 6, Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attempted once again to mislead voters voting for the Maharashtra elections. He waved the Constitution and lied again that the BJP is about to destroy the Constitution, he attempted to pit states against each other once again,” Meghwal told reporters after the delegation was out of the meeting.
“This is false. We said that this should be stopped. We also told the Commission that Rahul Gandhi is habitual in doing this and is not deterring from this despite warnings and notices. We said that an FIR be lodged against Rahul Gandhi under sec 353 of BNS,” he added.
At an election rally in Mumbai on November 6, Gandhi alleged that Maharashtra has lost out the opportunity of making Apple iPhones and Boeing aeroplanes to other states. He had said that the BJP-RSS combine was set to destroy the Constitution.
“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,” Gandhi had said.
On Monday, the Congress, too, approached the EC to file an FIR against the Jharkhand unit of BJP for allegedly sharing false and misleading videos on social media.