New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday intensified his criticism of the BJP-led government, declaring in the Lok Sabha that “vote chori is the biggest anti national act” and accusing the Centre of weakening institutions that protect the integrity of Indian democracy. He said that electoral manipulation strikes at the core of the Republic because the vote is the force that binds the country together.

Gandhi opened his intervention with an extended reflection on India’s cultural and political fabric. He asked the House, “Have you ever wondered why Mahatma Gandhi laid such emphasis on Khadi? Why was it that he framed the entire Indian freedom struggle around the concept of Khadi, and why is it that he only wore Khadi?” He told MPs that Khadi was far more than a cloth and de

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