Margao: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the trio of orchestrating “vote chori” and warning that they would “pay the price” for it.Addressing a Congress rally in Margao, Rahul said: “The entire country knows – Gyanesh Kumar implements vote chori, Amit Shah operationalises it, and Narendra Modi chalks out the entire plan,” he said.Rahul said he was facing over 45 defamation cases, filed by Shah, Modi and others, yet no case had been filed over his repeated allegation that Modi steals votes. “Do you know why? Because they fear that if a case on vote chori were filed, it would trigger a full-blown legal process in which they themselves would become entangled,” he said.The Congress MP said that he had “proved it with evidence” and alleged that vote theft had taken place in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Assam.He said Congress would not let the matter rest. “We are the protectors of the Constitution, that’s our religion. When they committed vote chori, they attacked our Constitution, attacked our religion. Modi, Shah and Gyanesh Kumar will face justice and will pay the price for it,” Rahul said.He also took a jibe at the PM’s much-publicised 56-inch chest remark. “Have you seen Modi’s face these days? Where has the 56-inch chest gone now? Modi saamne khade nahi ho sakte,” he said, claiming that the PM and Shah knew they had been cornered by Congress and that the youth of the country had risen against them.“We will take care of Modi, Amit Shah and Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi. Work is under way. Their expiry date is near, and they cannot escape,” he said.Rahul said people had seen through the BJP leadership’s designs. “Desh ki atma Modi aur Shah ko samajh gayi hai. Ab baat khatm ho gayi hai. The soul of the country has understood Modi and Shah. The matter is now decided,” he said. “When the soul of the country decides something, it is only a matter of time.”
