"Unfortunate": NCP MP Sunil Tatkare on Congress Overseas Chief Sam Pitroda's remarks

Speaking to ANI, Sunil Tatkare said, "It is sad for India. He also grew up in India and achieved his status in India... It is unfortunate..."

Sam Pitroda reportedly said in a media statement that he had been to Pakistan and "felt at home".

Earlier in the day, Tatkare also criticised Rahul Gandhi for the vote theft allegations made.

Tatkare dismissed Gandhi's statements as "childish" and claimed that the leader of the opposition lacks understanding of how election booths operate.

"This is a childish statement of the Leader of Opposition, he has no idea of the local or booth level..." Tatkare told reporters.

While responding to the vote theft allegations made by Rahul Gandhi, Tatkare highlighted that the electoral roll is frequently updated. After the list is prepared, suggestions and objections are considered.

"Electoral roll is being modified all the while, and while it is published at a certain time, objections and suggestions can be taken.." added Tatkare.

He further claimed that the booth officers and block officers from each party are selected, and also questioned whether Gandhi thinks his party workers were also involved in vote theft, since his people were present at the booth too.

"Booth-level officers from each party are chosen from each party. As per him, his people were present too. Does he believe that they, too, were involved in that activity? This is the question I want to ask," questions Tatkare.

Earlier, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi made a fresh allegation, claiming that there was an attempt at vote theft in Karnataka's Aland constituency. Addressing a press conference yesterday, he claimed that an attempt was made to delete more than 6,000 voters' names from the Aland constituency in Karnataka.

"In Aland, Karnataka, 6018 votes, somebody tried to delete these votes. We don't know the total number of votes deleted in the 2023 elections, but somebody got caught. It was caught, by most crimes, by coincidence. What happened was that the Booth Level officer noticed that her uncle's vote had been deleted," claimed Gandhi. (ANI)