New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- As many as 272 eminent citizens, including several retired judges, bureaucrats, and armed forces officers, wrote an open letter titled "Assault on National Constitutional Authorities", accusing Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party of attempting to tarnish constitutional bodies, such as the Election Commission of India, through "venomous rhetoric" and "provocative but unsubstantiated accusations."Opposition parties led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi have been accusing the Election Commission of colluding with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to "steal" votes in several states and using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to facilitate this.
The letter, signed by 272 prominent citizens-inclu...