Chandigarh, Haryana’s Energy, Transport, and Labour Minister Sh. Anil Vij reacted sharply to protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Vij said that Gyanesh Kumar is doing exactly what a Chief Election Commissioner should do, so that any illegitimate person who is not entitled to vote—but has gotten their name onto the voter list through manipulation—can have their name deleted.
While Speaking to media persons today, Energy Minister Anil Vij explained that it is the Election Commission’s job to add and remove names of people who have transferred elsewhere, women who have moved after marriage, or those who have passed away. He used this opportunity to launch a sharp attack on opposition parties, especially the Congress.
Anil Vij said that the Congress party has been repeatedly rejected by the public and has lost many elections, which has left them frustrated. He mocked them, saying that just as a child who fails at school cries and blames the teacher, the classroom, or someone else, the Congress—having lost—is making allegations against EVMs and the Election Commission to cover its embarrassment. He added that they are systematically attacking all of India’s democratic institutions one after another.
He said that the Congress is being led by Rahul Gandhi, “in whose veins flows the dictatorial blood of his grandmother.” He referred to the Emergency of 1975–76, when, he claimed, all institutions and rights were dismantled. Vij asserted that the Congress wants to bring back such a system, but India does not want that because India is the greatest power of democracy and believes in democracy, not dictatorship. According to him, the Congress wants to impose dictatorship and end democracy.
Meanwhile, responding to a statement by Congress leader Kumari Selja, Energy Minister Anil Vij dismissed it as “childish.” He said that in 22 states across India, people have uprooted these parties and expressed faith in the BJP. In a democracy, the people’s verdict is final, and regardless of what leaders say or do, they must accept the public’s decision and rethink their role and that of their parties during their period of governance.