US EditionPoll panel dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s allegations against CEC, denies deletion of Congress voters' names - The Statesman
- Rahul Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of shielding those responsible for voter suppression by allowing the removal of over 6,000 names from the voter list during the 2023 Aland Assembly elections in Karnataka.
- Gandhi alleged a centralised software-based scheme impersonated voters and deleted names targeting Congress strongholds, amid an ongoing Karnataka investigation and unanswered requests for data from the Election Commission.
- On August 7, Gandhi revealed evidence including cases where voters’ names were used without their consent and highlighted patterns in the serial numbers of voter deletion requests during a media event in the capital.
- Gandhi declared, “I am not going to say anything... not backed up by 100 per cent truth.” and demanded the Election Commission release phone numbers and OTP trails to trace the operation.
- The Election Commission rejected Gandhi’s claims as baseless and incorrect, stating voter names cannot be deleted online by the public, while the matter remains under investigation with legal and political implications.
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Rahul Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting vote thieves and those who destroy democracy. Citing data from Karnataka assembly constituencies, he claimed that Congress supporters' votes were being systematically deleted before the elections.
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