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13 Aug 2025, 12:34 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Congress MP and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, continued his attack on the Centre on Wednesday, saying that with the theft of one's vote also is a theft of one's rights and the theft of one's identity.
Sharing a fictional video on X, the Congress leader showed how, two people (purportedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party) collude with the Election Commission officers to cast a vote in another's name.
In the video, two people, purportedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seen just coming back from the booth after casting a fake vote, with one of them saying 'this is such a good arrangement, victory is assured now.'
However, when the real voter comes with his voter ID card, showing him to be the real 50-year-old 'Garib Das' looking to cast his vote, he is told to go back as his vote has already been cast.
Similarly, when the real voter's wife asks about her vote, she is told that her vote has been cast by the other person. Ultimately, the people are seen going back without exercising their universal adult franchise.
Ultimately, the two people are also seen colluding with the Booth Level Officer (BLO), with the video taking a jibe at the Election Commission of India too, terming it as the 'Election chori aayog.'
Earlier on August 12, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the AICC general secretaries, state in-charges and heads of frontal organisations meeting to discuss a nationwide campaign against alleged voter list manipulation and election fraud. The meeting was attended by LS LoP Rahul Gandhi too. Other that the LoP, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, KC Venugopal, Kumari Selja and others attended the meeting.
Earlier on Tuesday, workers of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) marched from the organisation's headquarters in Delhi to Jantar Mantar, protesting against the Election Commission over alleged voter list manipulation. The protest was in response to repeated allegations by Rahul Gandhi accusing the Commission of 'vote chori' (vote theft).
Youth Congress activists also held a 'Halla Bol March' in the national capital, during which several protestors were detained by Delhi Police.
The LS LoP has also accused the ECI of neglecting its duty, asserting that the Congress party is committed to protecting the Constitution and will continue to do.
He stated that ECI has failed to enforce the principle of 'One Man, One Vote,' which he described as the foundation of the Constitution.
'We are protecting the Constitution. One Man One Vote is the foundation of the Constitution. It is the duty of the Election Commission to enforce One Man, One Vote, but they have not done their duty. We are protecting the Constitution, and we will keep doing it...'
On Monday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, and other INDIA bloc MPs were detained by the Delhi Police while marching from Parliament to the Election Commission office in protest against alleged irregularities in Bihar. (ANI)
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New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Congress MP and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, continued his attack on the Centre...
