‘No mat-matantar’ in EC: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel backs poll panel, alleges Congress bid to weaken its credibility

'No mat-matantar' in EC: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel backs poll panel, alleges Congress bid to weaken its credibility EC clarification that all decisions regarding SIR were taken unanimously proves Rahul (Gandhi) & firm are merely employing false gimmicks to stay in the public eye, he states.

What happened

Gujarat Chief Minister on Sunday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the latter's remarks against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Centre and alleged that the Opposition party was targeting constitutional authorities like the Election Commission and Supreme Court and trying to weaken their credibility to save its political existence.

Addressing media persons at the Gujarat BJP state headquarters, Shree Kamalam, in Gandhinagar, Patel questioned the remarks created by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha after a report in The Indian Express which noted that two Election Commissioners in the three-member Election Commission of India objected 14 times in 10 months to decisions taken related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The bottom line

In short, 'No mat-matantar' in EC: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel backs poll panel, alleges is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.