New Delhi, Nov 5 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his accusations of large-scale voter fraud in Haryana on Wednesday, alleging that nearly 25 lakh votes were stolen in the recent Assembly elections.
Speaking at a press conference, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha charged that the Election Commission of India was complicit in undermining the democratic process by ignoring widespread irregularities in the electoral rolls.
“The exit polls showed Congress winning, but the final results tell a different story,” Gandhi stated emphatically. “In postal ballots, Congress was leading, but the official outcomes do not reflect that. I bring you this with 101 percent truth.”
Gandhi detailed alarming irregularities, including a woman’s photograph appearing on 22 different voter ID cards and an individual being registered with 500 voters at one address.
He described this as a “centralized operation” and referred to it as the “Brazil model” of vote manipulation. He also claimed that one in eight voter IDs in Haryana is fake, with over 1.24 lakh counterfeit photos found. Additionally, discrepancies in voter names and ages across lists raised further concerns about the integrity of the rolls.
Criticizing the ECI, Gandhi accused it of refusing to use software capable of detecting duplicate voters. “We asked the ECI to run the software to identify voters with the same name and address, but they refused. The reason is clear—they are aiding the BJP,” he alleged.
Gandhi also condemned the classification of voters under “house number zero” as homeless, stating that ground verification revealed many were actual residents, calling the Chief Election Commissioner’s statement “deliberate misinformation.” He cited a BJP leader from Palwal with 66 voters registered at his residence as evidence of systematic manipulation.
This controversy follows Gandhi’s previous criticism of the ECI over voter list deletions in Karnataka’s Mahadevanapura Assembly seat, where he accused the Commission of shielding those undermining democracy—a charge the ECI dismissed as baseless.
Moreover, as the debate intensifies, demands for transparency and accountability in India’s electoral processes grow louder, highlighting the critical need to ensure the integrity of democracy and public trust. UNI SKA AAB
Rahul Gandhi escalates vote fraud allegations in Haryana, ECI denies claims, questions Congress’s vigilance
