BJP indulging in violence against candidates: Cong
The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of indulging in violence against its candidates in Gujarat and urged the Election Commission to initiate action.
The party alleged that its candidate against Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Rajkot West seat Indranil Rajyaguru, Rajkot East nominee Mitul Donga and its MP Rajeet Satav, were arrested and abused by the Rajkot police, reports PTI.
“Our leaders Indranil Rajyaguru, Mitul Donga and MP Rajeev Satav, who are fighting the ‘Shah-kaal’ of fear and corruption in Gujarat, were attacked by the Gujarat Police yesterday,” Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
“Violence is a result of fear. Rupani ji fears losing the election and he is taking support of lathis. But Gujarat is not frightened,” he said.
Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev alleged that Rupani was “bewildered” as he was “losing” and was thus indulging in violence against the Congress leaders.
She said she has already heard the chief minister’s audio claiming that the BJP “is in a bad shape”.
Dev said last night when Rajyaguru was campaigning, some goons of the BJP attacked him. Instead of arresting the goons, the police arrested our candidate.
“We will file a complaint on behalf of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress. The manner in which our leaders were abused, this is the Gujarat model,” Dev told reporters here. “We demand action from the Election Commission against BJP’s candidate and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, as also against the DGP and IG of Rajkot,” she said.
Dev also said, “We urge the people of Gujarat to end BJP’s ‘goondagardi’ (hooliganism) as this is the only occasion to do so and we hope that they will come out and vote them out of power.”
The Congress spokesperson claimed that Rupani “will lose” from Rajkot West constituency and so will the deputy chief minister.
“While implementing the Gujarat model, the local police also arrested Rajeev Satav, an MP, who had gone there to enquire about the Congress candidate,” she alleged.
“Rupani is unable to answer the questions raised to him and is misusing the police. The people of Gujarat will answer through the ballot as you are using the police lathi and bullet,” Dev said.