Rahul Gandhi said the EC was taken over, while Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "I believe that...":

News Topical, Digital Desk : Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said on Tuesday (December 9) that the Election Commission has been "captured." Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi responded to his statement in the Lok Sabha. She said that questions in the public's minds are constantly being raised with the Election Commission. But whenever Gyanesh Kumar comes and attempts to provide clarifications, it appears as if the entire script for the clarifications came from the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters.

The Election Commission should move its office to the BJP office: Priyanka

Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "I believe that the Election Commission has been undermined so much that they should move their office to the BJP office."

The Shiv Sena UBT MP further said, "We wanted a discussion because of the way all the institutions, constitutional posts and independent institutions are being tried to be captured."

What did Rahul Gandhi say in the Lok Sabha?

Rahul Gandhi claimed that various institutions and the Election Commission were captured as part of an RSS "project." Participating in a debate on electoral reforms in the Lok Sabha, he questioned why the Chief Justice was not included on the selection committee for the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.

'...no Prime Minister in history has done this'

Rahul Gandhi alleged that this government changed the law in December 2023 so that an Election Commissioner could not be punished for his or her decisions. He claimed that no Prime Minister in history had done this. He said that if the vote itself ceased to have meaning, then the Lok Sabha, the Legislative Assembly, or the Panchayat would cease to exist.

The Congress leader alleged that this great country is being destroyed and everyone knows it's happening. Reiterating his allegation of rigging in the assembly elections in Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and some other states, Rahul Gandhi said, "The biggest anti-national act is vote theft. There is nothing more anti-national than this. When you destroy votes, you destroy the fabric of the country, you destroy modern India and you destroy the idea of India."