BJP files complaint with EC over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Shakti’ remark
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday filed a complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the Election Commission over his ‘fight against Shakti’ statement.
The BJP said Rahul Gandhi’s comments had a ‘misogynistic’ tone, and the ‘abhorrent’ statement had “hurt the sentiments of Hindus”.
Addressing a public rally in Mumbai on February 17, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, “There is a word ‘Shakti’ in Hinduism. We are fighting a Shakti”.
Gandhi further added, “The question is, what is that Shakti? The soul of the King is in the EVM. It is true. The soul of the King is in the EVM and in every institution of the country, in the ED, CBI, and the Income Tax department “. The Congress leader also alleged that PM Modi cannot win the election without voting machines.
“As the term Shakti is traditionally associated with the female deity and indigenous women in India, so along with hurting religious sentiments, it also has an underlying misogynistic tone”, the complaint filed by the BJP read.
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