Foil 'vote chori', make INDIA bloc win: Rahul Gandhi on Bihar polls

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated his "vote chori" (vote theft) charge at an election rally on the last day of campaigning in the Bihar assembly election and appealed to the voters of the state to foil such attempts on the voting day.

"I have alleged that Modi and the chief election commissioner are stealing votes, and neither of them can deny it because the allegations are absolutely true... I ask you people to be alert and foil any such attempt in Bihar. If you people prevent vote chori, the INDIA bloc will 100 per cent form the government in Bihar," Gandhi said at a rally in Purnea. Gandhi, also the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the county is facing a clash of two ideologies. "On one side is the RSS, which wants to divide the nation into compartments of caste, religion, region, language and gender; and on the other side is the Congress party and our Mahagathbandhan, which wants to unite the country by bringing people of every faith and community together." Accusing the BJP of indulging in politics of spreading hatred, the Congress leader said he and his party along with other opposition allies were working to create an atmosphere of love and peace.

Gandhi also said that the Modi government at the Centre and the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar had failed to create jobs for the youth and instead got them hooked to social media reels. He promised that if the opposition alliance wins, its government will create jobs for the youth of Bihar and develop the state as a centre of education.