Election system 'already dead' in country; 2024 LS poll was rigged: Rahul Gandhi

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Election Commission alleging that the polling system in the country is already dead and the 2024 Lok Sabha election was rigged reported news agency PTIAddressing the inaugural function of the daylong legal conclave on the theme Constitutional Challenges Perspectives and Pathways he alleged that the prime minister is sitting on his chair with a thin majority and had there been a difference of a few seats he would have not been there reported PTIHe cited data collected by the Congress from an Assembly constituency in Karnataka where the party checked the photographs and names of electors physically and reportedly found out that 15 lakh votes were fake out of a total of 65 lakh votersYou will see the shockwave that is going to go through the electoral system when we release this data It is literally like an atom bomb the Congress leader claimed reported PTIThe truth is that the election system in India is already dead Please remember one thing that the prime minister of India enjoys a very slim majority If 1015 seats were rigged and we suspect the actual figures to be closer to 7080 to 100 he would not have been the prime minister of the country the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha claimed reported PTIIn the coming few days we are going to prove to you without any doubt how a Lok Sabha election can be rigged and it was rigged he alleged reported PTISharpening his attack on the Election Commission the former Congress chief said Its very clear that the institution that protects this Constitution and defends it has been obliterated and taken over reported PTIGandhi also said that he did not have the proof earlier and that is why he could not make such statements beforeBut I am making this statement confidently now because I have 100 per cent proof And whoever I have shown it to has fallen off the chair They literally said how can it be possible But it is possible its happening literally he claimed reported PTIGandhi said he has been speaking about the election system as he always had a suspicion that there was something wrongRight from 2014 I had a suspicion that there is something wrong something is not adding up I had suspicion about the Gujarat Assembly elections About this ability to score sweeping victories Congress doesnt get a single seat in Rajasthan doesnt get a single seat in Madhya Pradesh doesnt get a single seat in Gujarat This was surprising to me he saidCongress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Election Commission alleging that the polling system in the country is already dead and the 2024 Lok Sabha election was rigged reported news agency PTIAddressing the inaugural function of the daylong legal conclave on the theme Constitutional Challenges Perspectives and Pathways he alleged that the prime minister is sitting on his chair with a thin majority and had there been a difference of a few seats he would have not been there reported PTIHe cited data collected by the Congress from an Assembly constituency in Karnataka where the party checked the photographs and names of electors physically and reportedly found out that 15 lakh votes were fake out of a total of 65 lakh votersYou will see the shockwave that is going to go through the electoral system when we release this data It is literally like an atom bomb the Congress leader claimed reported PTIThe truth is that the election system in India is already dead Please remember one thing that the prime minister of India enjoys a very slim majority If 1015 seats were rigged and we suspect the actual figures to be closer to 7080 to 100 he would not have been the prime minister of the country the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha claimed reported PTIIn the coming few days we are going to prove to you without any doubt how a Lok Sabha election can be rigged and it was rigged he alleged reported PTISharpening his attack on the Election Commission the former Congress chief said Its very clear that the institution that protects this Constitution and defends it has been obliterated and taken over reported PTIGandhi also said that he did not have the proof earlier and that is why he could not make such statements beforeBut I am making this statement confidently now because I have 100 per cent proof And whoever I have shown it to has fallen off the chair They literally said how can it be possible But it is possible its happening literally he claimed reported PTIGandhi said he has been speaking about the election system as he always had a suspicion that there was something wrongRight from 2014 I had a suspicion that there is something wrong something is not adding up I had suspicion about the Gujarat Assembly elections About this ability to score sweeping victories Congress doesnt get a single seat in Rajasthan doesnt get a single seat in Madhya Pradesh doesnt get a single seat in Gujarat This was surprising to me he saidWith inputs from PTI