Rahul Gandhi Accuses Election Commission of Collusion, Demands Answers on Voter Data and Video Recordings

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Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and former president, has sharply criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that it colluded with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to steal the Lok Sabha election. Gandhi claimed that the ECI has been shutting down its websites in certain states and rejecting requests for digital voter lists and video recordings, fueling concerns about the integrity of the electoral process. He also stated that Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, won the Lok Sabha election by a margin of 25 seats.

Key Takeaways:

  • Rahul Gandhi has accused the Election Commission of India of colluding with the BJP to steal the Lok Sabha election.
  • He claims that the ECI has been shutting down its websites in states such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar, and rejecting requests for digital voter lists and video recordings.
  • Gandhi has posed five questions to the ECI, including why it is not providing voter lists in digital machine-readable format, why it is destroying video evidence, and why it is committing massive fraud in voter lists.
  • He has also accused the ECI of threatening opposition parties instead of answering their questions.
  • According to Gandhi, the Congress party's analysis of voter data shows that the BJP won the Maharashtra Assembly election due to 1 crore new voters who cast their votes for the first time in the election.
  • He also claims that in Karnataka, Congress surveys showed them winning 15 to 16 seats in the Lok Sabha election, but they actually won only 9 seats.
  • Gandhi has warned the ECI that if it does not provide data, his party will conduct an exercise similar to what it had conducted in Mahadevapura Assembly constituency in Karnataka, by diving deep into 15 to 25 seats where the victory margin in the LS polls was just 35000 or so.

Statistics:

  • Lok Sabha election margin won by Narendra Modi: 25 seats
  • Number of new voters who cast their votes in the Maharashtra Assembly election: 1 crore
  • Number of seats won by the Congress party in Karnataka according to their surveys: 15 to 16
  • Number of seats actually won by the Congress party in Karnataka: 9
  • Victory margin in 15 to 25 seats in the LS polls where the Congress party had conducted an exercise: 35,000 or so

Sources:

  • Rahul Gandhi's speech at the "Vote Adhikar Rally" in Bengaluru, as reported by NT Correspondent Rahul VS EC I 'Narendra Modi Is "A Prime Minister With A Margin Of 25 Lok Sabha Seats'
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