Rahul Gandhi Vs Election Commission Over Big 'Votes Stolen' Charge

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has claimed that an investigation found massive voter fraud in a Karnataka Assembly segment, Mahadevapura, during the 2024 Lok Sabha election and accused the Election Commission of colluding with the ruling BJP to steal elections. The allegations drew a sharp response as the election body dared Mr Gandhi to take an oath and submit a declaration that he had found irregularities in the voter list or withdraw his "fabricated evidence". The BJP called the allegations "baseless" and said Mr Gandhi has "lost his cool".  Rahul Gandhi also said that the reversal of the INDIA bloc's poll fortunes in the Maharashtra Assembly election just months after their strong show in the genera election showed "something was not right." The INDIA bloc, which won 30 out of 48 Maharashtra seats in the Lok Sabha polls last year, could not even cross the 50 mark in the state polls just five months later.