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Rahul Gandhi Accuses Election Commission of Voter List Irregularities
Rahul Gandhi claims multiple fraudulent voter entries during Bihar's Special Intensive Revision undermine constitutional voting rights, citing evidence and calling for public accountability.
- On August 7, 2025, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused India's Election Commission of widespread voter list manipulation during the 2024 parliamentary elections.
- Gandhi's allegations follow a Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls between June and July 2025, amid claims this process disenfranchised migrants and minorities.
- Nearly 300 opposition MPs, including Gandhi, marched on August 11 to the Election Commission protesting alleged vote theft and roll manipulation in Bihar, but police briefly detained them.
- Gandhi cited examples like a 124-year-old first-time voter named Minta Devi and 80 people registered at one address, alleging over 100,000 manipulated entries nationally and demanding digital audits.
- The controversy has intensified political tensions with legal challenges ongoing and the Supreme Court monitoring voter disenfranchisement claims related to the roll revision.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets, Has Tea With 7 'Dead People' Cut From Bihar Voter List
Rahul Gandhi had tea Wednesday evening with 'dead' voters from Bihar - men and women who said they had been struck off the state's electoral roll, after the Election Commission's controversial 'special intensive revision', or SIR, of the voter list.
Rahul Gandhi ‘Thanks’ Election Commission for ‘Tea With Dead People’ Experience, Shares Video | 📰 LatestLY
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, August 13, shared a video in which he is seen interacting with what he described as “dead voters,” while thanking the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the experience. 'I have had many interesting experiences in life, but never got the chance to have tea with ‘dead people’. Thank you, Election Commission, for this unique experience!' Gandhi wrote. 📰 Rahul Gandhi ‘Thanks’ Election Commission for ‘T…
Unrelated visuals are being shared as ‘vote chori’ protests held following Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ claims
On 07 August 2025, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, held a press conference and alleged that manipulation and ‘vote chori’ (theft) had taken place in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On 11 August 2025, nearly 300 Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, marched from parliament to the Election Commission office over the ‘vote chori’ allegations an…
Rules Don't Apply to 'Vote Chori' Claims: Experts on EC's Oath Demand from RaGa
In this story, we speak to former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, and Founder Member of ADR Jagdeep Chhokar on what the rules dictate and what should be EC’s future course of action over vote chori allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi.
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