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Smriti Irani Slams Rahul Gandhi Over ECI Protests and Calls Him Unelectable Prince
- •BJP general secretary Smriti Irani criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his campaign against the Election Commission of India and labelled him an unelectable prince.
- •Irani asserted that any change in government must come through democratic elections rather than protests or calls for regime change by opposition figures like Prashant Bhushan.
- •She questioned the validity of Gandhi's electoral irregularities allegations, noting he admitted to lacking proof and pointing out the involvement of lakhs of booth-level agents in voter verification.
- •Irani dismissed the vote chori allegations as headline-chasing and political publicity intended to create chaos and play political victims.
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Smriti Irani criticized Rahul Gandhi over his campaign against the Election Commission of India, calling him an unelectable prince and asserting that any government change must happen through elections rather than protests. She also defended the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and questioned the Opposition's motives.
The Special Intensive Revision is a clean-up drive of electoral rolls to eliminate duplicate, deceased, and bogus voters. Smriti Irani stated that 90 percent of the country's 90 crore voters had been verified during this exercise with the involvement of nearly 20 lakh booth-level agents.
Smriti Irani attacked Rahul Gandhi for his silence over sexual harassment allegations against JNU professor and Congress Lok Sabha MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam. The professor was terminated following an internal inquiry by the university into complaints filed by female students.
