1 lakh fake voters in Karnataka seat that BJP swept in 2024: Rahul Gandhi | India News

NEW DELHI: Following by way of on his declare of “atom bomb evidence of voter manipulation” in favour of governing BJP, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mentioned over one lakh voters had been downright fake in Mahadevapura meeting seat that BJP swept to narrowly win Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency in 2024. There are eight segments in the LS seat.He accused EC of colluding with BJP to “destroy Indian democracy and steal elections”, and argued that if EC now doesn’t present digital voters’ knowledge of 10-15 years and CCTV footage, then it’s “partaking in crime” for the reason that two are actually “evidence of crime”. He urged the judiciary to intervene to avoid wasting Indian democracy.Addressing a press convention in the type of knowledge level presentation of Congress’ Mahadevapura research, with the nationwide anthem performed on the finish, Rahul mentioned, “This is a crime being committed against the Constitution, Indian flag… I want the nation to know that there is a huge criminal fraud being perpetrated on India by EC and the party in office.”Citing the research, Rahul claimed BJP gained Bangalore Central by 32,707 votes whereas 1,00,250 fake votes had been polled for it. He mentioned fake votes had been in 5 classes – duplicate voters (11,965), fake/invalid addresses (40,009), bulk voters in one handle (10,452), invalid photographs of voters (4,132) and “misuse of Form 6” for turning into first-time voter (33,692). Showing recordsdata, he cited examples to claim individuals have voted a number of occasions in totally different cubicles of the seat, whereas addresses proven on voters’ lists are like “Street 0”, “House no 0”. He mentioned there have been as many as 80 voters proven in one handle, even 50 in one-bedroom home, whereas makes an attempt to cross-check resulted in beating up of researchers or affirmation that they didn’t dwell there.Rahul mentioned it’s famously claimed that first-time voters vote for PM Modi, however Form 6 situations in Mahadevapura confirmed there have been no first-time voters in the 18-23 age group, and as a substitute the age group was in 90s and 50s, and so forth.“This is how Bangalore Central was stolen. The reason EC does not provide us data is because it is happening across country,” he mentioned, including, “The difference between (BJP) winning and (Congress) losing in Haryana polls was 22,779 votes, and in one Karnataka assembly seat they have stolen four times of that vote.” He mentioned there’s a sample of BJP profitable an LS seat by sweeping a solitary meeting section, underlining, “Modi is PM by a slender majority of 25 seats.“To a query, Rahul mentioned he’s a politician and his phrase to the individuals must be taken as an oath, as he mocked EC for asking for it as a substitute of reacting to his presentation by promising to verify the data he had supplied.Rahul mentioned BJP has constructed narratives of particular points influencing elections like Ladli Behna scheme, Pulwama, now Operation Sindoor, and anti-incumbency has eluded BJP. However, he mentioned there have been suspicions about BJP’s victories, like in Maharashtra polls after being swept out in LS elections in the state. He mentioned doubts grew to become concrete when EC refused to supply machine-readable voters’ lists, after which confirmed a surge in voting after 5.30pm whereas deciding to destroy CCTV footage.