Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has strongly rebuffed Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's accusation that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections were "stolen." Addressing the media during his visit to Panaji on Thursday, Fadnavis dismissed the claim with biting sarcasm, saying, "I think the chip from Rahul Gandhi's brain has been stolen."
Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, further remarked, "Either his brain has been stolen or the chip inside it is missing. That’s why he keeps making such ridiculous statements again and again." The sharp comments came in response to Gandhi's press conference held at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, where the Congress leader alleged foul play during the recent state elections.
Gandhi claimed that the denial of a machine-readable voter list raised serious concerns about the fairness of the election. "This clearly convinced us that the Election Commission worked in collusion with the BJP to manipulate the results in Maharashtra," he alleged.
Fadnavis responded by reminding the media of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance’s sweeping success in the November 2024 elections. The alliance won 230 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly. The BJP alone secured 132 seats, while its allies — the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP — captured 57 and 41 seats respectively.
