Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday fired another salvo at the Election Commission and the BJP, claiming they "colluded to steal votes" in the latest of his series of vote theft claims against the saffron party. He shared a video on X to back his claims that the Election Commission of India and the BJP “colluded to steal votes”.
Referring to Uttarakhand as a fresh example, he also mentioned Maharashtra, Haryana, and Karnataka, states he had previously spoken about.
"Vote chori (theft) is not just an electoral scam, it is a grave betrayal of the Constitution and democracy. Let those responsible for this hear clearly, times will change, and punishment is inevitable," he wrote in Hindi, a day after a livecast in which he presented what he claimed to be evidence supporting his allegations.
EC's dare to Rahul Gandhi
The Election Commission has since asked him to submit this "clear evidence" under oath. In response, Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, said, "My word is an oath" as he hit back at the poll body, asking it to check its own data.
In the video, he recalled growing up in a political family, sharing that he and his sister Priyanka, also a Lok Sabha MP, used to make election posters at home in the 1980s. Speaking in Hindi, he said, “I have a deep understanding of the election process, polling booths, voter lists, and everything in between."
What Rahul said in the video
In the video, Rahul Gandhi presented what he described as examples of thousands of fake votes — some registered without valid addresses and others in bulk at the same location. He also alleged that many individuals were listed multiple times on the voter rolls. He cited the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency as a key example.
Speaking in Hindi on Friday morning, Gandhi recalled growing up in a political family. He and his sister Priyanka, now also a Lok Sabha MP, used to make election posters at home in the 1980s, he said.
“I have a deep understanding of the election process — polling booths, voter lists, and everything involved,” he added.
