Referring to the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, Mahajan stated that the Congress party had won several seats in Maharashtra and did not raise issues with the voter list. He claimed that the party only raised concerns after losing in the state assembly elections.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the latter's allegations of "vote theft" by the Election Commission, alleging that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha has not read the Constitution and has no respect for it.
Election Commission of India on Thursday strongly responded to the "vote theft" allegations, stating that the attempt to "create a false narrative" against the poll body is a "direct attack" on the Indian voters and "assault" on the integrity of election staff.
Election Commission of India (ECI) has received a total of 23,557 claims and objections over the draft voter list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, out of which 741 complaints have been disposed, a press note said on Thursday.
Amid its ongoing protest against alleged vote theft, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the party will launch the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar on August 17, calling it a fight to protect democracy, the constitution, and the principle
Stepping forward with the senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" campaign, Congress workers put up banners reading "vote chori commission" outside the ECI's office in Delhi, intensifying protests against the ECI and Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged vote theft in the 2024 elect
Thackeray said these cases show that "vote theft" has been happening and accused the Election Commission of evading accountability after being exposed.
"Electoral rolls are prepared in accordance with law. Any correction, deletion or inclusion in Electoral Roll can always be made as per procedure laid down in law. No one can force to remove YOUR NAME from final Electoral Rolls without following the procedure laid down in law," ECI posted
The DMK District Secretaries meeting passed a resolution against the BJP-led Union government and the ECI, accusing them of 'Vote theft' and SIR in Bihar.
Hitting back at Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his claim of "vote theft", the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday alleged that Congress defeated Bhimrao Ambedkar, regarded as the father of the Indian Constitution, in the 1952 general election through electoral fraud.