Vote ‘chori’ cost: Rahul Gandhi drops new video on how Congress investigated; reveals what the data shows | India News

Rahul Gandhi (PTI photograph)

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, continued his sharp criticism of the Election Commission (EC). On Friday, he launched a new video, as soon as once more accusing the EC of great irregularities in the conduct of elections throughout the nation.In the video, Rahul Gandhi cited a number of state elections to help his declare of what he known as “vote chori” (vote theft), questioning the credibility and neutrality of the Election Commission.“Vote chori is not just an electoral scam, it is a major betrayal of the Constitution and democracy,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on X, sharing a video alongside the publish.“Let the nation’s wrongdoers hear this — times will change, punishment will surely be meted out,” he added.He stated that in varied state elections, the Congress and the INDIA bloc sensed one type of “public mood” on the floor, however the outcomes mirrored one thing “completely different”, elevating doubts about the equity of the course of.Reiterating his earlier declare about Maharashtra, Rahul alleged that between the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections, a lot of “new voters” magically appeared, and “they voted for the BJP.”He additional claimed that when leaders of the INDIA bloc held a press convention over the Maharashtra meeting outcomes, they’d requested the EC to offer voter lists and video footage, however the ballot physique refused. This, he stated, raised severe questions — “Is the EC helping the BJP?”Meanwhile, Congress MP from Wayanad, Priyanka Gandhi backed her brother and occasion colleague Rahul Gandhi’s allegations in opposition to the Election Commission, accusing the ballot physique of stonewalling severe considerations.“Rahul Gandhi ji has made a major revelation that warrants an investigation,” she stated. “The Election Commission is refusing to share the voter list, isn’t investigating, and is instead asking for affidavits. We’ve been submitting data consistently—so why is the Commission unwilling to acknowledge its own figures?”Taking purpose at each the BJP and the EC, she added, “The kind of statements coming from them make one thing absolutely clear: there’s been massive foul play.”Rahul’s newest video follows his detailed press briefing on Thursday, the place he gave a presentation highlighting what he described as severe points in the election course of.He alleged that the Election Commission “colluded with the BJP to win the Maharashtra elections.”In that briefing, he additionally questioned the EC on a number of counts, together with alleged duplicate votes, pretend or invalid addresses, unusually massive numbers of voters registered at the similar handle, and misuse of Form 6, which is used for new voter registration.