Instead of introspecting over electoral defeats, Congress repeatedly targets constitutional institutions: Bindal
Shimla: BJP State President Dr Rajeev Bindal said that the controversy created by the Congress across the country over the past several days has now been answered by the Election Commission of India. The Commission has stated that decisions relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were taken with the unanimous approval of the full Commission.
Dr Bindal said, “The three Election Commissioners have made it clear that the final decisions were taken collectively. After this clarification, the claims made by the national as well as state leadership of the Congress stand challenged.”He said that creating a nationwide atmosphere in which constitutional institutions are repeatedly put in the dock has become a recurring feature of Congress politics. “Whether it is the Election Commission, the Supreme Court or other constitutional institutions, Congress repeatedly raises questions and makes allegations against them,” he said.
Dr Bindal alleged that Congress was preparing to blame the Election Commission for its electoral setbacks rather than undertaking serious introspection over the reasons for its defeats.
“Sometimes they raise questions over EVMs, sometimes they talk about ‘vote theft’, and now they are targeting the SIR process. Instead of analyzing their electoral performance in the right spirit, they are attempting to shift the blame onto constitutional institutions,” he said.
The Election Commission has said that differing views and observations can arise during internal deliberations, but that the Commission’s final decisions over the past year were unanimous. Reports have also documented that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections during internal deliberations on certain electoral-roll-related steps, an issue that remains part of the ongoing political debate.
Dr Bindal said that the Himachal Pradesh Congress leadership was also participating in the same campaign. “The people of the country understand the reality. Congress should introspect over the reasons for its electoral defeats rather than trying to make constitutional institutions a scapegoat,” he said. He added that political parties have every right to raise questions in a democracy, but allegations concerning constitutional institutions should be based on facts and dealt with through established democratic and legal processes.
