{"id":355615,"date":"2025-08-08T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=355615"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:25:12","slug":"vote-chori-rahul-reiterates-allegations-slams-ec-for-demanding-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vote-chori-rahul-reiterates-allegations-slams-ec-for-demanding-affidavit\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Vote chori’, Rahul reiterates allegations; slams EC for demanding affidavit\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After the Congress MP gave a detailed presentation on Thursday to the media on how \u201cvote theft\u201d happened, the ECI asked him to send a signed declaration under oath to that effect, through the CEO of Karnataka. CEOs of Haryana and Maharashtra have also sought written declarations from him detailing his allegations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday repeated his allegation of \u201cvote theft\u201d against Election Commission and demanded the full electronic voter list at a rally in Bengaluru. Speaking at the \u2018Vote Adhikar Rally\u2019 in Bengaluru, Gandhi said the EC is asking me to take an oath on the vote theft, it \u201cknows that if people start asking them questions, their entire structure will collapse\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Election Commission demands an affidavit from me. It says that I\u2019ll have to take an oath. I have taken the oath of the Constitution in Parliament. Today, when people are asking questions to the Election Commission, it has closed its website \u2013 MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar\u2026The Election Commission knows that if people start asking them questions, their entire structure will collapse,\u201d he said speaking at the rally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) from at least three states have asked him to submit names of electors he claimed were wrongfully included or excluded from the voter rolls. The EC also asked for a signed declaration so that \u201cnecessary proceedings\u201d could be initiated. Officials say if what Gandhi is saying is true, then there should be no issue in signing a declaration saying that. \u201cHe should either submit a signed declaration of his charges under oath or apologise to the nation,\u201d they add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Congress MP gave a detailed presentation to the media on how \u201cvote theft\u201d happened, the ECI asked him to send a signed declaration under oath to that effect, through the CEO of Karnataka. CEOs of Haryana and Maharashtra have also sought written declarations from him detailing his allegations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Karnataka Election Commission asked Gandhi to submit a formal declaration supporting his \u201cvote chori\u201d claim, along with the names of electors allegedly wrongfully included in the voter list, in order to initiate necessary proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically citing an example of a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka in the 2024 elections, Gandhi claimed \u201chuge criminal fraud perpetrated by BJP through EC,\u201d describing it as a \u201ccrime\u201d against the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were stolen in five different ways\u2014duplicate voters, fake and invalid addresses, bulk voters in a single address, invalid photos, and misuse of Form 6, which is given to first-time voters for enrolment, he said. Yesterday also he slammed the EC for demanding from him a signed declaration on his claims, saying that he had made the remarks publicly and they can \u201ctake it as an oath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am a politician, what I say to the people is my word. I am saying it to the people publicly, take it as an oath. Interestingly, they haven’t denied the information,\u201d he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking at the  Vote Adhikar Rally he again made the said allegations\u2014fake and invalid address; no address or House No; up to 80 people shown living in one-bedroom houses, and the house owners being BJP leaders; either no photo or such small-size photo that face can\u2019t be recognized; and misuse of Form 6, meant for first-time voters. There were about 34,000 such voters with age up to 80-90 years using Form ^, he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the Congress MP gave a detailed presentation on Thursday to the media on how \u201cvote theft\u201d happened, the ECI asked him to send a signed declaration under oath to that effect, through the CEO of Karnataka. CEOs of Haryana and Maharashtra have also sought written declarations from him detailing his allegations Congress leader Rahul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":355616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15025,15084,2070,36,1801],"tags":[16188,16381,15620,19726,236],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355618,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355615\/revisions\/355618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/355616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}