BJP slams Cong, says it gave ticket to one CEC, made another minister

Union minister and BJP leader Piyush Goyal on Tuesday attacked the Congress amid the party's continued protests seeking Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged SIR irregularities.He accused him of “double standards” and described his behaviour as “childish” that “undermines every aspect of the Constitution”.Citing examples of how the Congress, when in power, fielded a former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on its party ticket, inducted another into the Union Cabinet and appointed two former CECs as Governors, Union Minister Piyush Goyal asked, “was it not, in effect, a form of bribery?” “Rahul Gandhi questions the fairness of the Election Commission but overlooks the Congress’s own track record,” Goyal said, slamming Gandhi for the INDIA bloc protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Beginning with T.N.Seshan, Goyal said the Congress used to praise his integrity and fearlessness. “But what did it do afterwards? In 1999, it gave him the opportunity to contest on a Congress ticket against L. K. Advani. If he had been administering the electoral system with such integrity as an Election Commissioner, was fielding him as a party candidate in such an important election, against a leader like Advani, not a way of rewarding him?” he asked. Goyal also cited the example of M.S. Gill, who served as CEC from 1996 to 2001 and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2000, while still in office. “Was this not an inducement? Was it not, in effect, a form of bribery?” he asked.

कांग्रेस चुनाव आयोग की निष्पक्षता पर सवाल उठाती है, लेकिन अपने काम को, अपने ट्रैक रिकॉर्ड को पूरी तरह नजरअंदाज करती है। पीएम मोदी के नेतृत्व में एनडीए की सरकार ने चुनाव आयोग को स्वतंत्र तरीके से देशहित और जनहित में काम करने के लिए पूरी तरह से स्वायत्तता दी है। चुनाव आयोग के अधिकारियों को राजनीतिक लाभ देने का प्रयास नहीं किया गया। उन्हें ईमानदारी से काम करने दिया गया। लेकिन राहुल गांधी के ट्रैक रिकॉर्ड को देखें… एक चीफ इलेक्शन कमिश्नर को पार्टी टिकट पर उम्मीदवार बनाया गया एक को यूनियन कैबिनेट में लिया गया दो चीफ इलेक्शन कमिश्नरों को गवर्नर बनाया गया और एक बार चीफ इलेक्शन कमिश्नर के यह कहने पर कि उनके नीचे काम करने वाला इलेक्शन कमिश्नर कांग्रेस के एजेंट की तरह काम कर रहा है, उसे निकालने से इनकार कर दिया गया। ऐसा पक्षपात हमने शायद ही किसी सरकार में देखा होगा। - श्री @PiyushGoyal पूरा देखें: https://t.co/Lu9iq8FwdE

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 13, 2026

One more union minister Lalan Singh also slams Congress and Rahul Ganchi. He accused that Rahul Gandhi is following in the footsteps of his grandmother and wants to take the Congress Party back to the era of 1974-75.When all fundamental rights had been suspended. Millions of people were in jail, and I was also in jail, he said.Singh added that just as his grandmother had imposed Emergency across the entire country to save her power, in the same way, Rahul Gandhi today wants to create a situation of anarchy to gain power.

राहुल गांधी, अपनी दादी के पदचिन्हों पर चल रहे हैं और वे कांग्रेस पार्टी को 1974-75 के दौर में ले जाना चाहते हैं। जब सभी के मौलिक अधिकार समाप्त कर दिए गए थे। लाखों लोग जेल में थे, मैं भी जेल में था। जिस तरह उनकी दादी ने अपनी सत्ता बचाने के लिए पूरे देश में आपातकाल लगा दिया, उसी तरह राहुल गांधी आज सत्ता पाने के लिए अराजकता की स्थिति पैदा करना चाह रहे हैं। - श्री @LalanSingh_1 पूरा देखें: https://t.co/Lu9iq8FwdE

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 13, 2026

The Union minister Goyal said that the BJP-led NDA government had granted the Election Commission complete autonomy to function independently in the national and public interest and had never offered political benefits to appointed Election Commissioners.