Lok Sabha elections: BJP hits out at Congress for 'doubting poll process'

New Delhi: BJP launched a scathing attack on Opposition parties for 'doubting' the electoral process, saying that the 'certainty of an electoral defeat' might have put 'animosity' in their minds.

Coming down heavily on the INDIA bloc over its allegations that Union home minister Amit Shah summoned district magistrates after voting for the Lok Sabha elections concluded, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday said that the Election Commission of India has given a "technical and befitting" reply to those questioning the electoral process.

"Certainty of electoral defeat might have put animosity in the Opposition's minds," Trivedi said while speaking on Congress allegations.


Addressing a press conference at BJP headquarters in the national capital, Trivedi said: "The election process was in its final phases. Polls are conducted, the governments come and go but one should never question the decency of democracy."

"First, the Opposition parties used abusive words against PM Modi, BJP and our governance - we accepted it. But when you attack democracy... We would not accept it. BJP-NDA alliance had one formula - trust based on growth and development. The Opposition had one formula - fear based on illusion," he said.

"I want to ask the Congress party - did ECI do its job in correct ways in Telangana and Karnataka? How come it did a bad job in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh? What kind of discussion is this? According to them, ECI did a good job in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, but in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, it failed to do so," Trivedi said.