Rahul Gandhi's Fresh Charge On 'Vote Chori'; Election Commission Counters Claims

Stepping up his offensive against the Election Commission of India, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged the mass deletion of voters from Congress strongholds in Karnataka during the 2023 Assembly election. These voter IDs, he alleged, were deleted using fake logins and phone numbers from outside the state. He also alleged that this alleged voter deletion was being executed not by individuals, but with the use of software and in a centralised manner.

Sources in the Election Commission said the FIR in the case Rahul Gandhi is referring to was filed by the poll body itself. Sources in the Election Commission have termed Mr Gandhi's allegations "incorrect" and "baseless".