Cong lies are biggest threat to democracy, wants to shield fake voters: BJP

The BJP on Tuesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his protest against SIR and intruding into Akashvani Bhawan. Briefing media in New Delhi, Party Spokesperson Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi said, the Congress first family, which for the past four generations ran a monarchical rule by strangling democracy, attempted to intrude into Akashvani under the guise of democracy. He said, Rahul Gandhi is engaged in misleading the entire nation with baseless, incoherent and false statements. Trivedi said, Rahul Gandhi himself and his party’s senior leaders have stated that voter duplication exists in many places but now he is protesting against SIR process. He alleged that the very same people who siphoned off rations meant for over five crore people and pocketed MGNREGA wages of over four crore people are now attempting to undermine democracy through dead and duplicate voters.  
Hitting back at the Congress's charge that more than 13 crore voters were simply deleted during the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the BJP has said the figure does not represent final deletions from the electoral rolls. Sharing a break-up of the 13 crore names struck off the draft rolls, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the figure included deceased voters, those who shifted residences, or those who could not be traced.Citing Election Commission data, Trivedi said 2.8 crore people were dead, 6.3 crore had shifted, 1 crore were duplicate entries, and around 3 crore were not traceable. Taking a jibe at the Congress, Trivedi accused the party of seeking to shield fake voters."I would like to clearly ask Congress. Who do they want to benefit by giving voting rights to the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate voters without any investigation? Does the Congress want to benefit someone by doing this?" the veteran BJP leader said.

मेरा कांग्रेस से सीधा सवाल है… कि ये सारे वक्तव्य आपके नेताओं के हैं या नहीं? विभिन्न अवसरों पर, पिछले कुछ वर्षों में, स्वयं राहुल गांधी और कमलनाथ, सचिन पायलट, अशोक गहलोत, अभिषेक सिंघवी जैसे कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेताओं द्वारा अनेक जगहों पर कहा गया है कि वोटर डुप्लीकेशन है। हम उनसे पूछना चाहते हैं कि आप 2016, 2018, 2020 और 2021 में सही थे या आज सही हैं? हकीकत तो यह है कि कांग्रेस कल भी झूठ बोल रही थी, आज भी झूठ बोल रही है। - डॉ. @SudhanshuTrived पूरा देखें: https://t.co/3j57vJYPjT

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 6, 2026

BJP Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari also accused the Congress Party of spreading false narratives through fabricated AI videos. Briefing the media at party headquarters, Bhandari said that Congress party’s lies are the biggest threat to the democracy of the country. 
The Election Commission, however, has said the figure does not represent 13 crore final deletions. It said the final figure could be arrived at only after the processing of claims, objections, and appeals.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju criticised the Congress party and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for repeatedly targeting Election Commission of India and other constitutional bodies. Talking to the media in New Delhi, Rjiju said that political parties should serve the people and accept the electoral mandate. He accused the Congress party of questioning constitutional institutions when it failed to secure public support. Mr Rijiju said that targeting constitutional bodies is neither in the interest of the country nor the Congress party.