MLC CT Ravi accused the Congress of spreading propaganda over the SIR of electoral rolls
A nationwide awareness campaign will be held from Nov 1 to 30 to counter the opposition’s allegations. Refuting Congress’s claims that crores of voters had been unfairly deleted from electoral rolls and its demand for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, Ravi said voter list revision was a routine process under Article 324. “If the Congress’s allegation of vote theft in Karnataka is true, it is effectively questioning the integrity of 59,000 BLOs who are state govt employees, as well as its own party agents who signed off on these lists.
Questioning the Congress’s stand on electronic voting machines (EVMs), he asked whether the party would resign from power in Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, where it had won elections using the same machines, and seek fresh elections through ballot papers.
The Congress should either file cases against these officials or apologise for spreading false allegations,” Ravi said. Ravi also criticised the Congress’s ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’ slogan, alleging that the party had partnered with, “Break India forces, Urban Naxals, jihadis and anti-India investors”. Seeing how they have repeatedly abused the Prime Minister, I leave it to the people to decide whether this is a ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’ or a ‘Nafrat Ki Dukaan’,” he said.
Mangaluru: MLC CT Ravi accused the Congress of spreading false propaganda over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and attempting to undermine constitutional institutions. Ravi alleged that opposition forces were attempting to replicate the unrest witnessed in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal to destabilise India’s elected govt. “In their ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’, only hatred, jealousy, and lies are being sold.
He noted that SIR had been conducted eight times previously since the era of Jawaharlal Nehru and was now in its ninth iteration. Addressing the media on Tuesday, he said that the campaign, titled ‘Prajaprabhutva ulisi, araajakathe tholagisi, samvidhaana rakshisi’, would feature rallies, padayatras, student interactions and public meetings.