In a political climate already charged with allegations and distrust, Rahul Gandhi has made strong claims, accusing the Election Commission of enabling electoral fraud at the highest levels. EC has countered the allegations calling them “incorrect and baseless.”
Questioning the credibility of the country’s top election authority, the Congress leader alleged that it was not just negligence, but active complicity in what he described as a systematic assault on India’s democracy.
While he made these claims in the recent past, this time he was more specific.
In a press conference today, he alleged that voter names were deleted using software and fake applications, citing the example of Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency.
Gandhi cited details of alleged attempts to delete votes from the Aland constituency in 2023. He gave another example of Maharashtra’s Rajura constituency, where he claimed voters were added in a fraudulent manner using automated software.
The tone was not just accusatory, it was declarative. It signalled a clear shift from suspicion to what he described as irrefutable fact.
He further alleged that more than 6,000 votes were deleted through fake logins. According to him, this fraud came to light purely by accident when a booth-level officer discovered that even her own uncle’s name had been removed from the electoral rolls.
A report claims that he alleged that the deletion attempts targeted booths where the Congress party was winning. On this, he cited an example of a woman called ‘Godabai’.
He said someone created fake logins in the name of Godabai and attempted to delete 12 voters.
Additionally, he shared that a gentleman called Suryakant “apparently deleted 12 voters in 14 minutes.”
Then, he presented another example of a person called Nagaraj. He demonstrated in the presentation how two forms were filled within 38 seconds at 4:07 am, which is “humanly impossible.”
It is learnt that the ECI has admitted attempts were made to delete voters and that a First Information Report has been registered.
However, analysts have raised questions: if that is the case, why didn’t the ECI provide IP address details to the Karnataka police to aid in the investigation?
Gandhi added that the actual number of deleted votes in the 2023 election is likely far higher, but only the 6,018 that were caught by chance have come to their attention so far.
He directly named Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that he was safeguarding those eroding the nation’s democratic foundations. “The Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is protecting destroyers of democracy,” he was quoted as saying. Gandhi reiterated that he would never make a statement without being supported by “100 per cent truth and proof.” He emphasised his allegiance to the Constitution and democratic principles, affirming that everything he says is “verifiable and based on evidence that can be determined and proven.”
“This is a very strong claim,” Gandhi said as he opened the briefing. “I’m going to make a claim here. Very strong one. About CEC Gyanesh Kumar. I’m saying this as LOP. I’m going to show proof which is black and white that CEC is protecting people who have destroyed Indian democracy.”
Gandhi demanded that Gyanesh Kumar must release evidence to Karnataka CID within a week, asking him to stop protecting vote thieves.
While he admitted they had long suspected such manipulation, he claimed he was ready to back his words with strong evidence.
Last month, he had claimed that over one lakh votes had allegedly been tampered with in the same segment. He described this manipulation as a direct and serious threat to the foundations of Indian democracy.
During the briefing, he also claimed that this pattern was not isolated. He accused authorities of executing a “systematic effort across India” to delete the votes of millions.
He said that specific communities such as Dalits, Tribals, minorities, and OBCs were being unfairly singled out since they were more likely to support opposition parties.
The press conference was organised days after he announced he would soon drop a “hydrogen bomb” of revelations about alleged “vote chori.” Ahead of the event, the Congress party posted a teaser video on social media with the caption “Fasten your seatbelt,” hinting at the scale and seriousness of the charges he was about to level.
Meanwhile, in a strongly worded response, the poll body said: “No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Shri Rahul Gandhi.”
EC reportedly said, “No deletion can take place without giving an opportunity of being heard to the affected person.”
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