Elections 2024: 'Rajiv Gandhi had 400+ seats too, but...' Sachin Pilot on Congress's 'BJP to change Constitution' claim

“This predetermination is not simply astir the BJP winning oregon the Congress winning. It is astir what benignant of strategy we privation successful this country. I americium not doing this fear-mongering that immoderate of the radical successful the BJP alleged that the 'change successful the constitution' is propaganda. The leaders of the BJP person said this connected nationalist platforms. That is wherefore I say, wherefore bash the apical leaders of the BJP person to contradict this charge," Pilot said in an interrogation with the quality bureau ANI.

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Pilot, the erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, said this astir the allegation by Congress and different opposition enactment leaders that the BJP would alteration the constitution and extremity preservation if it came to powerfulness with much than 400 seats successful the Lok Sabha elections.  The BJP had denied the complaint calling it the opposition’s ‘fear-mongering’ and ‘propaganda’

On May 7, the Congress connected Tuesday alleged that the existent intent of the BJP is to alteration the Constitution and extremity reservation, and that is wherefore Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party's leaders are asking for "400-plus" seats. Some of the BJP leaders specified arsenic enactment MP Anantkumar Hegde have said successful nationalist forums called for a "rewriting" of the Constitution and said the BJP indispensable triumph 400 seats successful the 543-member Lok Sabha to execute this. The BJP had distanced itself from Hegde’s remarks. 

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For the ongoing election, the BJP -led NDA, seeking a grounds 3rd term, has acceptable a people of winning 400 seats. The people for BJP unsocial is 370 seats. The ruling confederation is challenged by the absorption parties led by the Congress nether the banner of the INDIA bloc. 

"Let maine airs a consecutive guardant question, Rajiv Gandhi, arsenic Prime Minister, had a bulk of 400+ MPs. Did helium ever consciousness the request to support and state that helium would not change the Constitution oregon extremity reservations? Did Manmohan Singhji ever marque specified a statement? So, wherefore is it that the BJP leaders contiguous find it indispensable to categorically contradict what is being propagated?" Pilot asked.  

In the 77-year-long past of Independent India, a enactment oregon conjugation has won much than 400 seats lone once. The Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, won 404 of the 514 Lok Sabha seats successful the 1984 Lok Sabha Elections. The 1984 Lok Sabha elections were held aft the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi’s parent and erstwhile Prime Minister, the late Indira Gandhi. 

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Published: 09 May 2024, 01:38 PM IST