Manickam Tagore hits out at Jagan for his remarks against Rahul Gandhi on ‘vote-chori' campaign
'Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy should understand that the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is not fighting for the Congress party alone. We are fighting to protect India's democracy,' he said in a video clip posted on X.
'Rahul ji has not surrendered to Amit Shah, nor is he afraid of Narendra Modi, like Mr. Jagan. We are fighting a bigger battle against the Modi-Shah duo,' he said.
Mr. Manickam Tagore said the 'vote-chori' issue was clear now. It was about how votes were manipulated in each Assembly segment of around 39-48 Lok Sabha seats, allegedly at the behest of Home Minister Amit Shah with the help of the former Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, and present CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Describing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as an 'institutionalised chori,' Mr. Manickam Tagore said the Election Commission was 'openly colluding' with the BJP to carry out this 'theft' with the objective of taking away the voting rights of the poor.
Turning the heat on the YSRCP chief, Mr. Manickam Tagore said, instead of appreciating the efforts of Mr. Rahul Gandhi to save democracy, it was shameful that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was coming up with 'imaginary stories of Congress-TDP collusion in Andhra Pradesh.'
He said people of Andhra Pradesh knew that 'Naidu-Pawan, Modi-Shah and Jagan' were one team.
'If Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy has the courage to fight the vote-chori by BJP at the Centre, he should join the march proposed to be taken out by the Congress party on August 14 in Vijayawada,' he challenged.
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