Rahul Gandhi after Akashwani Bhavan complaint ‘Every FIR is a medal’

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe after an FIR was lodged against him for staging an over nine-hour sit-in at the Akashwani Bhavan, saying he already had 45 cases against him and that his “goal is to have 100 FIRs”.

The LoP made the remarks before heading to Jantar Mantar, along with INDIA bloc leaders, to continue their agitation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Speaking to reporters, Gandhi said: “I have 45 FIRs against me. My goal is to have 100. I want 100 FIRs to be filed against me. Every FIR is a medal for



me.”

The Delhi Police has received a complaint against LoP Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other INDIA bloc MPs accompanying them for allegedly forcibly entering the Akashwani Bhavan during their protest on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.

Gandhi further said: “As I said yesterday, around 300 MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha wanted to meet the CEC yesterday. He did not meet us. The Delhi Police stopped us, and yesterday they said that we cannot protest there.

“So, our plan today is to go to the designated protest site, Jantar Mantar, and sit there again and tell the country that, for us, Gyanesh Kumar is not the legitimate Election Commissioner of the country,” he added.