‘Straight out of Soros’ playbook’: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over Maharashtra polls ‘rigged’ claim; cites EC’s clarification | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Saturday hit back at leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his allegations of Maharashtra poll rigging. Terming the Congress leader’s claims “straight out of George Soros’ playbook”, Malviya called out Rahul’s “repeated attempts” to “sow seeds of doubt and dissension” in the minds of voters about institutional processes.Tagging Rahul’s post on X, Malviya said, “This is straight out of George Soros’ playbook — systematically erode people’s faith in their own institutions, so they can be cracked open from within for political gains.”Also read: ‘Match-fixing will come to Bihar next’: Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over Maharashtra polls; alleges ‘rigging’“It is not that Rahul Gandhi doesn’t understand how the electoral process works. He does — very well. But his goal is not clarity, it is chaos. His repeated attempts to sow seeds of doubt and dissension in the minds of voters about our institutional processes are deliberate,” he said.He also pointed out that when Congress won Telangana and Karnataka polls, no such claims were made. “This is straight out of George Soros’ playbook — systematically erode people’s faith in their own institutions, so they can be cracked open from within for political gains,” he said.Earlier in the day, Rahul again accused the BJP of “rigging” elections in Maharashtra last year, cautioning against similar practices in Bihar.He also listed out a step by step guide allegedly used to “rig” the polls. “How to steal an election? Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy,” he said as he went on to list out the alleged sequence. He noted that the alleged tampering begins by “rigging the panel for appointing the Election Commission,” he said.EC has rejected Congress’ claims calling it “baseless accusations coming from a national party of high standing, create unnecessary and avoidable doubts and anxiety in the mind of the public, even when the data is publicly available and shared with all parties”.