Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday countered Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections have been “rigged” with a delicate but sharp rebuke.
Speaking to journalists in Pune, the CM in a poetic method, mentioned that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has made the similar mistake all the way through his complete existence.
“Ta-umr Rahul Gandhi aap yahi galti karte rahe, dhool chehre pe thi aur aap aina saaf karte rahe (Throughout your life, Rahul Gandhi, you have always made the same mistake; The dust was on your face, but you kept cleaning the mirror),” CM Fadnavis mentioned, talking in Hindi.
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Earlier, he referred to as the allegations “nonsense,” a “lie,” and “an insult to voters.”
“This means that Rahul Gandhi has accepted his defeat in Bihar. Till the time Rahul Gandhi comes to the ground and understands facts, lies to people, and gives false hopes to himself and his party, his party can never win,” Fadnavis advised journalists.
“He will have to wake up and understand the reality. Otherwise, he will keep speaking nonsense, keep lying, and insulting voters… Neither does Rahul Gandhi understand what he’s saying, nor do people understand what he’s saying,” he mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi’s Allegations
Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, alleged that the Maharashtra Assembly Elections held in November 2024 have been “rigged”, and claimed that the similar will probably be repeated in Bihar Assembly Polls which might be due later this yr.
In a put up on X, Gandhi addressed the Election Commission of India (EC) and requested to post consolidated, virtual, machine-readable voter rolls for the latest elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states, together with Maharashtra.
“Dear EC, you are a Constitutional body. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries is not the way to respond to serious questions,” he wrote.
“If you don’t have anything to cover, resolution the questions in my article and end up it by means of:
• Publishing consolidated, virtual, machine-readable voter rolls for the latest elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states together with Maharashtra
• Releasing all post-5pm CCTV pictures from Maharashtra polling cubicles.”
Dear EC,
You are a Constitutional frame. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries isn’t the best way to reply to critical questions.
If you don’t have anything to cover, resolution the questions in my article and end up it by means of:
• Publishing consolidated, virtual, machine-readable…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 7, 2025
Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2024
The Maharashtra Assembly Election of 2024 witnessed a victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance, securing a landslide win with 235 seats. The effects marked a vital milestone for the saffron birthday celebration, which emerged because the single-largest birthday celebration with 132 seats.
(with ANI inputs)