"Need To Clean Up System If There Are Gaps": Supriya Sule On 'Vote Chori' Row

Amid the Opposition's repeated claims of vote manipulation, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule said that there is a need to "clean up the system" if there are any gaps.

"I see no reason we can't have a debate on data. Need to clean up the system if there are gaps," Ms Sule said at the NDTV Yuva event.

Ms Sule's comments come in the backdrop of Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "vote chori" (vote theft) and a promise that his party will soon release what he described as a "hydrogen bomb" of evidence.

"If there is data coming, let's have a debate on it," Ms Sule said, referring to Mr Gandhi's data on the alleged "vote chori". "There are challenges and data speaks louder than words," she said.

"I have complete faith in the system and the people of this country. So, in a strong democratic system, elections should be held properly, and if someone has asked a question, it should be answered with transparency," Ms Sule told NDTV. "I have complete faith that the election commission will give the right answer. I am sure the generation thinks and agrees with me." 

Earlier, Mr Gandhi said that the Congress had "open-and-shut proof" of systematic manipulation of the electoral process.

"We are going to reveal a hydrogen bomb that is going to devastate completely the reality of the situation. We have open and shut proof on what we are saying. I am not saying anything without proof, we have 100 per cent of a number of things that have happened that are going to come out," Mr Gandhi declared.