New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday appealed to India’s Gen Z and youth to safeguard the country’s democratic values amid allegations of large-scale voter fraud in Haryana.
Addressing a press conference titled ‘H Files’, Gandhi asserted that young Indians hold the power to “restore democracy through truth and non-violence,” while claiming that a “deliberate plan” was executed to convert a projected Congress victory in Haryana into a defeat.
“I want India’s Gen Z to understand this clearly — this is about your future. Your future is being destroyed. I am questioning the Election Commission and the democratic process with full proof. We are certain that a plan was put in motion to turn a Congress landslide victory into a loss,” he said.
The concluding slide of his presentation read: “India’s Gen Z and youth have the power to restore our democracy with satya and ahimsa (truth and non-violence).”
Calling the alleged voter fraud a “fundamental attack on India’s democracy,” Gandhi said it was an assault on the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and Subhas Chandra Bose.
“This is a fundamental attack on the democratic soul of India — an attack by the RSS on the vision of Gandhi ji, Ambedkar ji, Nehru ji, Patel ji, and Bose ji. Gandhi ji was assassinated, and today his vision is being assassinated. That’s what’s happening,” he said.
Emphasizing that the integrity of the voter list lies within the Election Commission’s mandate, Gandhi said political parties lack the access needed to correct flawed electoral rolls.
“Voter list integrity is not the responsibility of political parties. It’s the Election Commission’s duty to ensure it. What the EC does is shift the burden onto parties — but we can’t fix the problem without access to the full database. If they give it to us, we’ll solve it. But they don’t,” he said, responding to questions on why no objections were raised during Bihar’s SIR process.
