Rahul Gandhi Alleges 'Crystal Clear' Election Fraud, Accuses Election Commission of Collusion

 

In a press conference presenting what he termed "an atom bomb of proof," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of colluding with the ruling BJP to orchestrate a "huge criminal fraud" on the country through systematic manipulation of voter lists. Citing a deep-dive investigation into a single assembly constituency in Karnataka, Gandhi alleged that elections are being "stolen" using a replicable model of fraud, and that India's democracy "doesn't exist" under these conditions.

The cornerstone of the allegation is a detailed case study of the

Mahadevapura assembly constituency in Karnataka, where the opposition claims to have uncovered 100,250 "stolen" votes. Gandhi outlined five primary methods used to rig the voter list:

1. Duplicate Voters (11,965): The investigation found thousands of instances where one person was registered to vote multiple times in different polling booths, constituencies, and even different states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

2. Fake & Invalid Addresses (40,009): A significant number of voters were registered to non-existent addresses, with some entries listing "House No. 0" or nonsensical data for the father's name.

3. Bulk Voters at Single Addresses (10,452): The probe found cases of 40 to 80 voters, often from different families, being registered to a single-room house or a commercial brewery where they do not reside.

4. Invalid Photos (4,132): Thousands of entries either had no photograph or one that was too small to be identifiable.

5. Misuse of Form 6 (33,692): This form, intended for first-time voters (typically aged 18-23), was allegedly used to fraudulently register tens of thousands of older individuals as "new voters". Gandhi highlighted the case of a 70-year-old woman registered twice who then appears to have voted twice.

Gandhi accused the ECI of being an active participant in this alleged crime. He stated that the commission deliberately obstructs scrutiny by refusing to provide political parties with machine-readable, electronic voter lists. Instead, they provide enormous stacks of paper—described as 7 feet high for a single constituency—which are not scannable and took a team of 40 people six months to manually analyze. He further alleged that the ECI's plan to destroy CCTV footage after 45 days is a deliberate attempt to erase criminal evidence.

Connecting this to a larger pattern, Gandhi referenced the Maharashtra elections, where 1 crore new voters mysteriously appeared between the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls. The opposition is now demanding that the ECI release all electronic voter data and CCTV footage for the last 10-15 years to the public. "If they do not give it, they are colluding with the BJP," Gandhi declared, warning that a day of reckoning will come for every official involved in the alleged fraud.

Summary

In a detailed press conference, Rahul Gandhi presented what he described as "bulletproof proof" of large-scale election fraud, alleging collusion between the BJP and the Election Commission of India. Using a case study from Karnataka's Mahadevapura constituency, he claimed over 100,000 votes were "stolen" via five methods: creating duplicate voters, using fake addresses, registering bulk voters to single homes, using invalid photos, and misusing new voter registration (Form 6) for older individuals. Gandhi accused the Election Commission of actively enabling this "criminal fraud" by refusing to provide analyzable electronic voter lists and by seeking to destroy CCTV footage that could serve as evidence. He demanded the immediate release of all electronic voter data and CCTV recordings, stating that without this transparency, the very foundation of Indian democracy is destroyed.

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5. Election Commission of India (ECI)

6. Duplicate voters

7. Form 6 misuse