NEW DELHI: A group of 272 eminent citizens comprising former judges and ambassadors, retired bureaucrats, and Armed Forces veterans, has come down heavily on the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi over repeated targeting and tarnishing of the constitutional institutions, including the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The group of eminent citizens in an open letter on Wednesday expressed grave concern over several instances of Congress leaders 'belittling and demeaning' the highest democratic institutions, including the Armed Forces, Judiciary, Parliament and now the Election Commission of India.
They said that the Leader of Opposition, along with Left allies, are resorting to rhetoric for defaming the Election Commission, rather than taking a legal route and lodging a complaint, in case of any irregularity.
“The LoP has repeatedly attacked the Election Commission, declaring that he has open and shut proof that it is involved in vote theft and claims to have 100 per cent proof of wrongdoing. Using unbelievably uncouth rhetoric that what he has found is an atom bomb and when it explodes, the EC would have no place to hide. He has also issued threats that whoever in the Elections Commission is involved in this exercise, right from top to bottom, he will not spare them. According to him, ECI is indulging in treason, ” the letter said.
The letter issued by Justice S.N. Dhingra, former Delhi High Court Judge, and Nirmal Kaur, IPS, former Jharkhand DGP, has about 272 signatories, which include former judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, ex-envoys, former bureaucrats and a score of Armed Forces veterans.