Rahul Gandhi will not take oath on vote theft, says Shivakumar
Rahul Gandhi
will not take an oath on vote theft claims as sought by chief electoral officers (CEOs) of three states.
He also said state CEOs had no authority to issue such a notice to Rahul.
"We are not schoolboys to reply to whatever
Election Commission
(EC) demands," he said. "It is their (EC) responsibility to get details which my leader (Rahul) exposed. He made a presentation on how it happened. It's now the EC's job to pursue it and initiate action."
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He also said Congress has sought more information and records from the EC. "Let them first provide those records.
We officially asked for them. I personally went to the EC, so let them give us those records. At no point will Rahul Gandhi take an oath. He has answered the EC in public," he said.
He insisted that Congress had informed the EC about irregularities in elections, and it was the EC's duty to resolve those issues. "The EC is free to file a case against us if we have said anything wrong. We have only pointed out irregularities in the election process," he said.
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On the notice issued to him, Shivakumar said: "I asked the EC for more information. They sent it to me on WhatsApp, but I have not gone through it yet. We will provide whatever information they want."
JD(S) seeks legal action
Meanwhile, Janata Dal (Secular) functionaries petitioned Karnataka's CEO to take legal action against Rahul for his 'vote theft' allegations. In a written appeal, they urged the CEO to act under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, dealing with false declarations, and Section 227 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pertaining to providing false evidence.
They called Rahul's allegations "false" and accused him of misleading the public by speaking against an autonomous constitutional body. "It is unfortunate that they (
Congress party
) are making allegations against the election commission. This is out of frustration that they shall lose the upcoming polls in Bihar and other states," the letter stated.
The JD(S) delegation submitted the appeal at the election commission office, as the CEO was unavailable. MLC Javarayi Gowda, Bengaluru city working president KV Narayanaswamy, and general secretary S Ramesh were present.
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