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Saini attacks Congress, accuses opposition of 'institutional vandalism'

Gurugram, Sep 27 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday tore into the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies over their assault on the Election Commission, declaring that electoral defeat does not confer on any opposition party the right to vandalise constitutional institutions with manufactured allegations and evidence-free outrage.
Addressing a press conference here, Saini claimed the opposition was not merely questioning the Election Commission; it was waging a systematic war against every institution that refused to bend to its political will. He declared that electoral defeat had not taught the Congress humility; instead, it had triggered a desperate mission to abuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi, humiliate constitutional bodies, and drag the army into political crossfire.
"The country has rejected their old policies. Now they have a new target and a new mission: either defame Modi, or humiliate constitutional institutions. This is the politics of frustration, not the politics of responsibility," Saini said.
Saini said the Congress had built its entire campaign on a foundation of lies regarding the Special Intensive Revision, Form 6, and the Suvidha portal, only to see it demolished by the Election Commission's own documentary record. He noted that the Commission's 24 June 2025 order and subsequent written clarifications had already exposed the opposition's allegations as hollow, and that the entire process had been subjected to judicial scrutiny at the highest level without any fault being found.
"They took an internal administrative matter concerning one officer on deputation and turned it into a national conspiracy. The Election Commission gave a written reply. The facts are on record. Even a judicial examination has found their claims baseless. But they don't read orders, they don't respect institutions, and they certainly don't care about facts," Saini thundered.
He said the Congress was deliberately spreading the illusion that the voter list process was arbitrary, when in reality the Commission was working on the ground to ensure every eligible citizen, including labourers, migrants, and the homeless, was enrolled and empowered to vote.
The Chief Minister reserved his sharpest attack for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of perfecting a "shoot first, verify later, apologise if caught" model of public discourse. He said the Congress had reduced opposition politics to a "hit-and-run racket" where leaders hurl any allegation that comes to mind, create a media storm, and then seek forgiveness when the law or the facts corner them.
"This is their tried-and-tested formula: say whatever comes to your mind, then apologise later. They think they can throw mud every day and wash their hands off when the court summons them. This is not opposition; this is obstruction. This is not politics; this is institutional vandalism dressed as dissent," Saini said.
He told the Congress that if it spent half as much energy introspecting its own policy failures as it did attacking the referee, it might understand why voters were walking away in state after state.
Saini then pivoted to a strident defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Congress of targeting him precisely because his government's welfare and development record has dismantled the opposition's old narrative of neglect. He said Modi had worked "without stopping and without tiring" for every section of society and had strengthened India's standing on the global stage through transformative policy.
"Why was a gas cylinder provided to a poor household? Why was the poor given medical treatment, a house, ration and tap water? If anyone has a problem with this, it is the Congress," Saini said. He allegd that the opposition was not interested in a fact-based debate on governance; instead, it had chosen the easier path of personalising attacks on the Prime Minister and demeaning constitutional institutions whenever the electoral arithmetic turned against it.
The Chief Minister said the Congress's "pain" was rooted in the fact that the Modi government had delivered to the poor what the opposition had promised for decades but never executed. He reminded the audience of an era when citizens queued for days for basic necessities, when power supply was erratic, when farmers faced humiliation in mandis, and when the poor were left to fend for themselves.
"Who can forget standing in line for three days for a gas cylinder? Who can forget the afternoons when the lights went out exactly when food was being cooked? Who can forget how farmers were insulted when they went to sell their crop? The country has not forgotten. The country will not forget," he said.
In a significant broadside, Saini also accused the Congress of habitually targeting India's security establishment and constitutional integrity. He referenced past instances where Congress leaders had demanded proof of military operations, saying a party that questions its own army and targets the Election Commission in the same breath has lost both moral compass and national perspective.
"They question the Election Commission, they question the army, they demand proof from our soldiers. If this is not targeting the country, what is? Their language is not the language of a responsible opposition. It is the language of desperation," he said.
Saini said the BJP and its allies had always raised the issues of the people and held the government accountable, while the Congress only knew how to manufacture "fabricated stories" to stay in the headlines.
He said the Congress's defeat was not an isolated phenomenon but a nationwide verdict against its failed politics. He pointed out that wherever people had experienced Congress rule, they had shown the party the exit door. He specifically drew attention to Punjab as yet another example of the party's declining credibility.
"Look at Punjab. Look at their old strongholds. The country has read their report card and stamped it rejected. Whether it is Haryana or Punjab, the people have seen their reality and they don't want it anymore," he said.
He also hit out at the Congress's approach in Haryana during previous campaigns, accusing party leaders of trying to trade jobs for votes in a brazen display of electoral barter. He said such tactics had angered the youth of the state, who could see through the "deception market" of the opposition.
Aiming for the Congress ahead of the next electoral cycle, Saini said the answer to its politics of distortion would ultimately come not from press conferences but from the ballot box. He declared that the people of the country would administer an even harsher rebuke in 2029 if the opposition continued to blame institutions instead of reforming itself.
"The people of the country will give them a bigger treatment in 2029," he declared. "They are not losing because the system is rigged. They are losing because the country has examined their record and found it unacceptable."
The Chief Minister also mounted a vigorous defence of the electoral roll revision process, saying the Election Commission's constitutional duty was to maintain accurate voter lists while ensuring that every eligible citizen was brought into the democratic fold. He cited booth-level drives and special outreach efforts as proof that the process was expanding participation, not restricting it.
"Democracy is not a stage show that runs on election day alone. It is strengthened every single day that a correct voter list is maintained, every single day that an eligible citizen is empowered to vote. That is the Election Commission's mandate, and it is being fulfilled with integrity," he said.Saini acknowledged that a robust opposition was essential to democracy, but drew a hard line between constructive criticism and what he called "tantrum politics."
Questioning a government's policy is legitimate, he said, but repeatedly poisoning public trust in constitutional institutions without a shred of proof is a dangerous game that weakens the republic itself."The opposition has a duty to base its words on truth. When it chooses noise over evidence, it does not hurt the government; it hurts democracy," Saini said.
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