00:00And this latest twist by Priyank Khadge who said
00:03Why is the BJP so desperate to defend the election commission
00:06instead of allowing the election commission to defend itself?
00:09If there is nothing to hide, let the election commission face the questions directly.
00:13BJP leaders should stop acting as their unofficial spokespersons.
00:18Let the commission come before the country,
00:20answer every question, disclose every fact and clear every doubt.
00:24That's the word coming in from Priyank Khadge who has taken an aim at the BJP over EC defence.
00:28Yes, Khadge Jr. has said that why is the BJP so desperate to defend the election commission?
00:34He has asked, let the election commission defend itself.
00:38Also saying that if nothing is there to hide, then why not face the questions?
00:42That is coming in from Priyank Khadge, son of Panikarjun Khadge
00:46who said that BJP leaders should stop acting as the unofficial spokespersons of the election commission
00:54as he demands answers from the election commission on all the questions that have been raised so far.
01:00He said that the election commission must come before the country, answer all the questions.
01:05Khadge Jr. has demanded the election commission must disclose every fact
01:09and clear every doubt that has been raised so far.
01:12We'll also play out that response shortly.
01:14But there you see, it is the Congress versus the BJP on the doubts that have been raised
01:22as far as Gyanesh Kumar is concerned and even as it is being projected as not an internal dissent
01:31but concerns that were raised as part of normal deliberations.
01:36The Congress is saying that there is certainly foul play as they continue to raise the vote chodi charge once
01:45again.
01:46This is the latest response coming in from Priyank Khadge who has taken a pot shot at the BJP to
01:51say
01:51why defend the election commission?
01:54It is their job to defend themselves.
01:56Why is it that the BJP is acting up and coming to their defence at every step?
02:02If there are doubts, then the election commission must clarify it themselves.
02:06Remember now, NDA allies also have raised the very same point to also say that if there are any sort
02:12of doubts,
02:13then the election commission must come out to clarify that will lead to greater transparency
02:17and for faith in the minds of the voters.
02:23So we've been seeing a lot of responses coming in from both sides.
02:26The latest of course from Priyank Khadge taking a pot shot at the BJP to say
02:30why become the unofficial spokespersons of the election commission?
02:34It is their job to answer all the allegations that have come their way and let them do that.
02:43Nagarjun Dwarkana joining us on the broadcast.
02:45Nagarjun, the fight is getting piercer.
02:48More and more responses coming in from both sides.
02:51We just heard about what Prehalat Joshi had said.
02:53Now Priyank Khadge questioning the BJP as to why they are being unofficial spokespersons of the EC.
03:00So both the BJP and the Congress are at a war of birth here in Bengaluru on the election commission
03:04issue.
03:05While the Congress is targeting, starting from the Chief Minister, now the Home Minister on the election commission,
03:09that the CEC should resign and voluntarily step aside for an inquiry to be ordered is what D.K. Shuf
03:15Kumar has said.
03:15And now Priyank Khadge has said that why is the BJP trying to defend the election commission like the mouthpiece
03:21or spokesperson of the election commission
03:23while the BJP here, Union Minister Prala Joshi, has in fact defended the election commission saying that
03:29there needs to be concrete proof before the opposition raises questions over the election commission also
03:36because they have been winning in certain states and only when they lose they start to question institutions is what
03:43the Union Minister has said.
03:44So a war of words is broken out between both Congress and the BJP here in Karnataka.
03:50All right. Nagarjan, many thanks for those details.
