To buttress his allegation, Rahul Gandhi cited data from a Karnataka assembly constituency, claiming that votes of Congress supporters were being systematically deleted. However, the Election Commission dismissed these allegations as “incorrect and baseless,” stating, “No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Gandhi.”
In a Hindi post on X on Friday, Gandhi accused the Election Commission of complacency:
“Wake up at 4 a.m. Eliminate two voters in 36 seconds, then go back to sleep—this is how vote theft happens!
Chunaav ka chawkidaar jaagta raha, chori dekhta raha, choron ko bachata raha (The election watchman stayed awake, watched the theft, and protected the thieves).”
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha also shared a 36-second video from his press conference explaining the modus operandi of the alleged “vote theft.”
Earlier, on Thursday evening, Gandhi expressed confidence in the nation’s youth and students, saying, “The nation’s youth, the nation’s students, the nation’s Gen Z, will defend the Constitution, protect democracy, and stop vote theft. I always stand with them. Jai Hind!”
In a fresh offensive against the Election Commission, Gandhi demanded that the poll panel stop protecting “vote chors” and provide, within a week, the information sought by the Karnataka CID regarding voter deletions. He warned that failure to comply would expose the poll body as complicit in the “murder of the Constitution.” He made these comments during a press conference held at the Congress’ Indira Bhawan headquarters.
Gandhi clarified that these allegations were not the “hydrogen bomb” revelations he had previously promised, adding that those would be revealed soon.
He cited details of alleged attempts to delete 6,018 votes in Karnataka’s Aland constituency ahead of the 2023 assembly polls. He also pointed to Maharashtra’s Rajura constituency, where he claimed 6,850 voters were “fraudulently” added using automated software.
“Same system is doing this. It is doing it in Karnataka, Maharashtra, it has done it in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and we have proof of it,” Gandhi alleged.
He directly challenged the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, stating, “Our demand is Gyanesh Kumar, do your job. You have taken an oath, you are India’s chief election commissioner, you must give evidence to the Karnataka CID.”
Gandhi urged the CEC to “stop giving excuses” and release the relevant evidence to the Karnataka CID immediately.
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