BJP jibes at his "hydrogen bomb" remark notwithstanding, Congress's Rahul Gandhi reiterated his intention to 'drop' one again today. But the 'location' remains secret for now -- despite the party's UP unit chief Ajai Rai's prediction that it would be Varanasi -- the Lok Sabha seat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The issue is Bihar. The main issue is that elections have been stolen in Maharashtra, Haryana and Karnataka," Mr Gandhi said today.
"We have given evidence in black and white for Bangalore Central. In the coming days, we will give you another dynamic, explosive evidence," he said, pointing to the data from the Karnataka constituency on which he based his "vote theft" allegations and targeted the Election Commission.
"The truth is -- and we will prove it -- that governments are being formed through stolen votes. To the people of the BJP who are getting agitated, I will say 'Don't get agitated. Because when the hydrogen bomb comes, everything will be clear'," he added.
Earlier this month, Mr Gandhi had warned BJP to "get ready" for a hydrogen bomb - a more impactful revelation - to back his allegations that the BJP had connived with the Election Commission and formed governments by stealing votes.
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Presenting what he said was data from two constituencies, he said the poll body, through multiple underhand methods, had given the impression of a mandate in favour of the BJP.
Both BJP and the poll commission have trashed the allegations.
"The BJP people showed black flags to us. I want to tell them, listen carefully. Have you heard of anything bigger than an atom bomb? What is bigger than that; it is a hydrogen bomb. In Mahadevapura, we had shown an atom bomb. BJP people, be ready, a hydrogen bomb is coming. People are soon going to find out your (BJP) reality of vote chori," Mr Gandhi said at a mega rally in Patna after his foot-march through Bihar.
The BJP had retaliated, saying Mr Gandhi was lowering the dignity of his "Leader of the Opposition" post in parliament.
"Rahul Gandhi is talking about exploding 'hydrogen bomb'...his 'atom bomb' of Karnataka did not even turn out to be a small Diwali firecracker," senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad had said.
Mr Gandhi had also said the "hydrogen bomb" would be such that it would be an embarrassment to the Prime Minister - a comment that many took to mean that the revelation would be about Varanasi.
PM Modi's victory margin in Varanasi had been shrinking - the margin of 2024 being the lowest.
