‘Straight out of Soros’ playbook’: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over Maharashtra polls ‘rigged’ declare; cites EC’s clarification | India News

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Malviya on Saturday hit back at chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his allegations of Maharashtra ballot rigging. Terming the Congress chief’s claims “straight out of George Soros’ playbook”, Malviya known as out Rahul’s “repeated attempts” to “sow seeds of doubt and dissension” within the minds of voters about institutional processes.Tagging Rahul’s submit on X, Malviya mentioned, “This is straight out of George Soros’ playbook — systematically erode people’s faith in their own institutions, so they can be cracked open from within for political gains.”Also learn: ‘Match-fixing will come to Bihar subsequent’: Rahul Gandhi assaults BJP over Maharashtra polls; alleges ‘rigging’“It is not that Rahul Gandhi doesn’t understand how the electoral process works. He does — very well. But his goal is not clarity, it is chaos. His repeated attempts to sow seeds of doubt and dissension in the minds of voters about our institutional processes are deliberate,” he mentioned.He additionally pointed out that when Congress gained Telangana and Karnataka polls, no such claims had been made. “This is straight out of George Soros’ playbook — systematically erode people’s faith in their own institutions, so they can be cracked open from within for political gains,” he mentioned.Earlier within the day, Rahul once more accused the BJP of “rigging” elections in Maharashtra final 12 months, cautioning towards related practices in Bihar.He additionally listed out a step-by-step information allegedly used to “rig” the polls. “How to steal an election? Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy,” he mentioned as he went on to listing out the alleged sequence. He famous that the alleged tampering begins by “rigging the panel for appointing the Election Commission,” he mentioned.EC has rejected Congress’ claims calling it “baseless accusations coming from a national party of high standing, create unnecessary and avoidable doubts and anxiety in the mind of the public, even when the data is publicly available and shared with all parties”.