Last Updated: April 01, 2024, 13:40 IST
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)
At the INDIA bloc’s ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally, Gandhi accused PM Modi of trying to do “match-fixing” in the Lok Sabha polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s controversial ‘fixed match’ remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the INDIA bloc’s rally.
At the INDIA bloc’s ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally, Gandhi accused PM Modi of trying to do “match-fixing” in the Lok Sabha polls and asserted that if the BJP wins the election through this endeavour and changes the Constitution, then the whole country would be “finished.”
In another bold allegation, the Congress leader claimed that the party’s “400 paar slogan is impossible without match-fixing” adding that the Prime Minister chose “umpires” to go “400 paar.”
“When pressure is put on umpires and captain, players are bought off and the match is won, in cricket, it is called match-fixing. We have Lok Sabha polls before us. Who selected the umpires? Before the match started, two players were arrested. Narendra Modi is trying to do match-fixing in these polls,” PTI quoted Gandhi as saying.
