“We see there is a pattern, we are absolutely convinced that this crime is being done on a huge scale across the country in state after state after state. CCTV footage and voter list are evidence in crime and the Election Commission is trying to destroy it,” he alleged.

“I want the nation to know that there is a huge criminal fraud being perpetrated on this country. It is being done by the Election Commission and the party in power and we have given you undoubtable proof,” he said.

“If the Election Commission now does not give us electronic voter data of the last 10-15 years, and if it does not share the CCTV footage, they are partaking in the crime,” he said.

In a warning to those involved in perpetrating “electoral fraud”, Gandhi repeated his claim, made a few days ago outside Parliament, that there will be consequences for every single polling officer who is doing this.

“It doesn’t matter how senior or junior you are. One day, the Opposition is going to come to power and then you see what we do to you; because you are attacking the foundation of what our forefathers who fought for India’s freedom built and we are not going to allow you to do that, no matter who you are,” he said.

Gandhi said his message to the ECI is that they are not in the business of destroying Indian democracy but in the business of protecting it.

“This is a crime that is being committed against the Indian Constitution, against the Indian flag. This is nothing less than that,” he said, alleging poll rigging in various parts of the country.

“The Election Commission is not giving us data because they are afraid that what we did in Mahadevapura, we will do in the remaining Lok Sabha seats, and then the truth of the country’s democracy will come out,” he said.

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