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INDIA Bloc Doubles Down on ‘Vote Chori’, SIR Protest—MPs Wear T-Shirt Featuring ‘124-Yr-Old’ Voter Minta Devi
NEW DELHI, INDIA, AUG 11 – Over 300 MPs from 25 opposition parties protest alleged electoral roll manipulation and vote theft during 2024 elections, demanding transparency and digital voter roll audits.
- On August 11, the INDIA Bloc MPs set out in New Delhi from Makar Dwar to Nirvachan Sadan led by Gandhi, despite no police permission.
- The opposition claims the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar aims to delete anti-BJP vote banks, prompting a Supreme Court challenge, despite Delhi Police's lack of permission.
- Internal research shows Congress’s internal research found 11,965 duplicate voters, 40,009 fake addresses, 10,452 bulk registrations and 4,132 invalid photos in voter rolls, Gandhi presented proof from Mahadevapura.
- Jumping over barricades, Akhilesh Yadav breached police lines as Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained during the protest.
- Following the protest, Mallikarjun Kharge will host a dinner for INDIA Bloc MPs later on Monday.
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INDIA bloc doubles down on ‘vote chori’, SIR protest—MPs wear t-shirt featuring ‘124-yr-old’ voter Minta Devi
INDIA bloc MPs protested in Parliament House against the Election Commission over alleged voter theft. They wore white T-shirts featuring ‘124-year-old’ voter Minta Devi, referenced by Rahul Gandhi in his earlier presentation, with '124 Not Out' printed on the back.
Murder of democracy?: Opposition parties allege voter fraud by the Government
On Monday, leaders from across the Opposition spectrum, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, and several MPs from Congress, TMC, DMK, NCP-SP, Samajwadi Party, AAP, Left parties and others, set out from Parliament House on a protest march to the Election Commission. Their demand was simple: stop the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, which they allege is nothing more…
'Vote Chori' row: INDIA bloc MPs to march from Parliament to EC, police say 'no permission granted'
INDIA bloc protest LIVE: Over 300 MPs from 25 opposition parties will protest against the alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
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