Karnataka Types Particular Committee To Probe ‘Voter Fraud’ Flagged By Rahul Gandhi
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Alleging that the ECI colluded with the BJP to “steal seats and elections”, Gandhi referred to as on the Karnataka authorities to probe the alleged fraud in Mahadevapura
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.Okay. Shivakumar through the celebration’s ‘Vote Adhikar Rally’. (PTI)
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, alongside together with his deputy and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar, in session with house minister Dr G Parameshwara and legislation and parliamentary affairs minister HK Patil, will probably be in a huddle to “examine voter fraud” recognized within the state and flagged by Rahul Gandhi.
Authorities sources indicated that it’s quickly anticipated {that a} particular committee will probably be constituted on an pressing foundation to deal with the allegations, with a mandate to conduct an in depth probe into the irregularities Gandhi has highlighted.
Addressing an enormous gathering of celebration employees at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha claimed that 1,00,250 “faux votes” had been created in Mahadevapura to safe a BJP victory within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Accusing the Election Fee of India (ECI) of working for the BJP as a substitute of upholding the Structure, Gandhi insisted the fee’s foremost responsibility is to guard each the Structure and the rights of residents.
The Mahadevpura constituency was carved out of the erstwhile Varthur section together with KR Pura throughout delimitation. Mahadevapura—recognized in latest many years for a speedy inflow of migrants drawn to the IT hall and tech hubs of Whitefield and Marathahalli—has seen regular inhabitants progress, providing reasonably priced housing and jobs to newcomers.
With over 4 lakh residents, the Bengaluru Central parliamentary seat was additionally created at the moment, and since then, BJP’s PC Mohan has received all 4 Lok Sabha elections held there — 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2024 — with Mahadevapura and KR Pura serving as key help bases.
Mahadevapura, a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency, is at present represented by Manjula S, spouse of BJP chief Aravind Limbavali, who held the seat in 2008, 2013, and 2018. Denied a ticket in 2023, Limbavali was changed by his spouse, who went on to win by 44,501 votes. Limbavali’s had been successful with thinner margins and later, utilizing the Narendra Modi wave, the margins bought greater.
Alleging that the ECI colluded with the BJP to “steal seats and elections”, Gandhi referred to as on the Karnataka authorities to probe the alleged fraud in Mahadevapura, which falls beneath the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency, and to take motion towards the officers accountable.
“The information we’ve uncovered in Mahadevapura is proof of against the law. It took us six months to gather this proof; each title was verified, each picture was matched. We consider that India’s election knowledge itself is proof and if anybody destroys that, it’ll imply they’re destroying the proof and perpetuating the crime,” stated Gandhi through the protest.
In 2024, BJP’s Mohan’s margin of victory in Bengaluru Central was its narrowest since 2009 — simply 32,707 votes — in comparison with earlier wins by 35,218 votes in 2009, a landslide 1.37 lakh in 2014, and 70,968 in 2019.
Declaring that Mahadevapura was just one instance, Gandhi alleged that Modi’s maintain on energy got here from “stealing” 25 Lok Sabha seats—every supposedly received by a margin of roughly 34,000 votes.
“In Karnataka, based on our inside evaluation, we had been poised to win 16 seats however secured solely 9. We requested the Election Fee for the digital voter record, however they refused. Additionally they denied us entry to polling videography and even modified the legislation to scale back the retention interval for CCTV footage to 45 days,” he stated.
“When the EC refused to cooperate, we started our personal investigation. We selected Mahadevapura within the Bengaluru Central LS seat. In my press convention, I proved past doubt that the BJP and EC colluded to steal votes. Out of 6.5 lakh votes in Mahadevapura, 1,00,250 had been fraudulent — that’s one in each six votes,” Gandhi instructed the group.
He claimed to own bodily, paper-based voter knowledge and warned that if digital knowledge was withheld, Congress would proceed its investigation and public marketing campaign. “This isn’t only a crime towards Karnataka—it’s occurring nationwide. You can not conceal proof. The Karnataka authorities should act towards ECI officers who inserted hundreds of pretend voters. The reality about Mahadevapura have to be revealed,” he stated.
“After we didn’t get assist from the EC, we began investigation on our personal. We selected Mahadevapura Meeting section in Bangalore Central LS seat. In my PC yesterday, I proved it 100 per cent that BJP and EC colluded to steal votes. There are 6.5 lakh votes in Mahadevapura Meeting section, out of which 1,00,250 votes had been stolen. This means that 1 out of each 6 votes was stolen,” stated Gandhi.
Gandhi urged each Congress employee to guard the Structure and its ideas, questioning why the ECI is just not sharing digital voter knowledge. “As an alternative, they’re altering guidelines and taking down web sites in states the place individuals are demanding solutions.”
Outlining what he referred to as the “5 strategies” of the alleged voter fraud, Gandhi stated:
1. Duplicate voters — people registered in a number of cubicles and even in voter lists of different states (11,965 such circumstances).
2. Pretend or invalid addresses — together with voters listed with no tackle or “Home No. 0″ (round 40,000).
3. Bulk voters — as much as 80 folks registered at a single one-bedroom house, usually owned by BJP leaders (10,452 circumstances).
4. Invalid pictures — both lacking solely or too small to establish the voter (4,132 circumstances).
5. Misuse of Kind 6 — meant for first-time voters, however allegedly used so as to add people aged 80–90 years (about 34,000 circumstances).
Siddaramaiah demanded PM Modi’s resignation, saying he had “no ethical proper” to stay in workplace after such an expose. Gandhi additionally pressed for the discharge of all digital voter knowledge and polling sales space videography from the previous decade, arguing that any refusal could be “proof” of a cover-up in help of the BJP.
Additionally it is alleged that each Limbavali and former KR Pura MLA Nandish Reddy have used personal businesses to court docket the migrant vote. In 2018, Reddy employed a non-public group to gather voter particulars, later defending the transfer as essential to establish and take away duplicates.
Rohini Swamy, Affiliate Editor at News18, has been a journalist for almost twenty years within the tv and digital house. She covers south India for News18’s digital platform. She has beforehand labored with t…Learn Extra
Rohini Swamy, Affiliate Editor at News18, has been a journalist for almost twenty years within the tv and digital house. She covers south India for News18’s digital platform. She has beforehand labored with t… Learn Extra
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