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| Stop ‘Propaganda’ | | | Recently a group of citizens comprising former judges, retired bureaucrats and veteran armed forces officers hit out at the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for unleashing a “vicious propaganda” against the Election Commission after his party’s repeated electoral failure.
As many as 272 personalities in a joint statement castigated the Congress leader for levelling baseless allegations like “vote theft” and using “unbelievably uncouth rhetoric” by claiming that he would “hound” officers when they superannuate from the poll authority.
Dismal performance of the Congress in the Bihar Assembly elections has once again brought to fore that the grand old party has lost its ground in the country. The electorate are no more inclined towards the party’s agenda, but the Congress leadership is finding it hard to digest that it’s facing rejection.
After Rahul and few other leaders of his party resorted to rhetoric the ECI publicly shared its SIR methodology, overseen verification by court-sanctioned means, removed ineligible names in a compliant manner, and added new eligible voters.
This openness stands in sharp contrast to the baseless claims made against it. When an institution makes every effort to clarify, verify, and act within legal frameworks, continued mudslinging without evidence becomes difficult to interpret as anything other than political diversion.
Despite such scathing accusations neither Rahul Gandhi nor any of his party leader has lodged a formal complaint. These allegations have been levelled only to create confusion. This is nothing but an attempt to divert the attention from the Congress facing rejection in every corner of the country.
The Bihar results have once again underlined the party’s shrinking influence. Instead of introspecting on organisational weaknesses, leadership failures, or the absence of a compelling alternative narrative, the Congress Party appears to be seeking refuge in conspiracy theories. Rejection at the ballot box must prompt serious evaluation, not reckless allegations.
Democracies thrive not because political parties agree with institutions, but because they respect them.
Criticism is not only permissible but essential. Yet criticism must be rooted in facts, evidence, and accountability.
When national leaders weaponise rhetoric without responsibility, they chip away not at their rivals but at the democratic framework that protects every citizen.
The Congress needs to set its house in order rather than levelling allegations against the institutions that have built the country and have made every citizen proud. |
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