‘We should feel ashamed’: Karnataka minister Rajanna questions Congress on ‘vote theft’ declare; asked to quit post | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress chief KN Rajanna resigned as Karnataka Cooperation Minister on Monday after the occasion’s excessive command asked him to step down. This adopted his crucial remarks about his personal occasion, the place he expressed concern that that they had failed to deal with alleged lapses within the electoral rolls earlier than the election. He acknowledged that the occasion “should feel ashamed” as a result of these “irregularities happened right in front of our eyes.”While he supported the occasion’s “irregularity” cost, Rajanna additionally questioned the alacrity of the Congress occasion, saying the voter record was ready when Congress was in energy.“At that time, was everyone just sitting quietly with eyes closed?” he asked, including that the occasion “should feel ashamed”.“Look, if we just start talking about such things casually, there will be different opinions. When was the voter list prepared? It was prepared when our own government was in power. At that time, was everyone just sitting quietly with eyes closed? These irregularities did take place — that’s the truth. There is nothing false in this. These irregularities happened right in front of our eyes — we should feel ashamed,” the Karnataka minister advised information company PTI.The chief additional mentioned that at a time when the occasion should have filed objections, “it kept quiet”. “We didn’t take care of it at the time. That’s why we must be alert in the future….In Mahadevapura, there was indeed fraud. One person was registered in three different places and voted in all three. But when the draft electoral rolls are being prepared, we have to monitor it, right?…When the draft electoral rolls are made, we must file objections — that is our responsibility. At that time, we kept quiet and now we are talking,” he mentioned.
Rajanna’s comment undoubtedly miffed the occasion excessive command, which is holding march to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged “vote chori”.Karnataka duputy CM DK Shivakumar mentioned Rajanna was “totally at fault” and that the occasion’s management will reply to his remarks.Rahul Gandhi on Monday declined to signal a sworn declaration backing his “vote-theft” allegations in opposition to the Election Commission of India, regardless of repeated calls from the ballot physique. Reiterating that the paperwork he cited for his “vote theft” claims got here from the Election Commission’s personal information, the Congress chief known as it a battle for “One Man, One Vote” and questioned the state of democracy, noting that “300 MPs” had been denied a gathering with the ballot physique. His remarks got here after being launched from Delhi Police detention through the INDIA bloc’s protest march to the EC workplace. “Why should I sign an oath? This is their data, not mine. They should take it from their own website. They are just diverting attention. And no one should think this happened only in Bengaluru; it happened in many constituencies. Today, the Election Commission is trying to hide something, but I want to tell you that one day, everything will come out,” he mentioned.