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BJP Accuses Opposition Leaders of "Vote Theft", Claims Electoral Roll Irregularities

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused several opposition leaders of engaging in "vote theft" by manipulating electoral rolls, with the party's former Union minister Anurag Thakur presenting an analysis of electoral rolls in several constituencies to make a range of allegations. The BJP claims that there were about 2.99 lakh "doubtful voters" registered in Rahul Gandhi's Rae Bareli constituency, 2.69 lakh in Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour seat, and 2.51 lakh in Akhilesh Yadav's Kannauj seat. The party also claimed irregularities in the Lok Sabha seats of Wayanad (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) and Mainpuri (Dimple Yadav), as well as the Tamil Nadu Assembly seat of Kolathur held by Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Key Takeaways:

  • The BJP has accused several opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Abhishek Banerjee, and Akhilesh Yadav, of engaging in "vote theft" by manipulating electoral rolls.
  • The party claims that there are about 2.99 lakh "doubtful voters" registered in Rahul Gandhi's Rae Bareli constituency.
  • The BJP also claims that there are about 2.69 lakh "doubtful voters" in Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour seat, 93,499 in Wayanad, 2.51 lakh in Kannauj, 2.55 lakh in Mainpuri, and 19,776 in Kolathur.
  • The party alleges that the Congress and the larger INDIA bloc are opposing the Special Institutional Reforms (SIR) exercise to "protect their infiltrator vote bank".
  • Sonia Gandhi's "tryst with India's voters' list is riddled with glaring violations of electoral law", according to the BJP's National Information & Technology Department head Amit Malviya.
  • Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat has responded to the allegations, stating that the error in Sonia Gandhi's electoral roll was fixed and not used to justify any wrongdoing.

Statistics:

  • 2.99 lakh "doubtful voters" registered in Rahul Gandhi's Rae Bareli constituency.
  • 2.69 lakh "doubtful voters" in Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour seat.
  • 93,499 "doubtful voters" in Wayanad.
  • 2.51 lakh "doubtful voters" in Kannauj.
  • 2.55 lakh "doubtful voters" in Mainpuri.
  • 19,776 "doubtful voters" in Kolathur.

Sources:

  • The Indian Express Online Media Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Contify.com

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