"Treason": BJP On Italian Leader's 'Vote Thief' Jibe, Rahul Gandhi's Laughter | Read

The BJP on Sunday accused Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi of letting foreign political representatives interfere in India's domestic politics, basing its charge on an Italian delegate's raising and translation of a slogan at the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad in Congress-ruled Telangana on Saturday.

Italian leader Giacomo Filibeck, secretary-general of the Party of European Socialists (PES), raised the Opposition's slogan "Vote chor, gaddi chhod", translating it to "Vote thief, leave your seat" -- a line that Rahul Gandhi has been using to allege manipulation by the BJP-led government in collusion with the Election Commission.