New Delhi: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has made a serious allegation against the Election Commission of India (ECI), claiming that the country is witnessing a “huge criminal fraud” orchestrated by the ruling party and enabled by the Election Commission. Citing official data, he presented what he called “crystal clear, undoubtable proof” of large-scale electoral manipulation.
Rahul Gandhi declared, “I’m a politician. What I say to the people is my word. I’m saying it publicly to everybody. Take it as an oath. This is their data, and we are displaying their data. This is not our data. This is Election Commission data.”
One of the most striking examples he presented was that of Gurkirat Singh Dang, who, according to Gandhi, appeared in the voter list four times in four different polling booths, with the same name and address. “Gurkirat Singh Dang appears once, twice, three times, four times — in four different polling booths in the constituency,” Gandhi revealed.
Highlighting further irregularities, he added that the issue went beyond just one individual. “This is not just one person; this is thousands of people in one assembly.”
On the Election Commission’s silence, Gandhi said, “Interestingly, they haven’t denied the information. They haven’t told the voter list that Rahul Gandhi is talking about is wrong. Why don’t you say they’re wrong? Because you know the truth. You know that we know that you have done this across the country.”
He also pointed out the suspicious inaction of the Election Commission, saying, “They (ECI) don’t attack me. They are very scared to attack me. They have not taken any action against me because they know that I am telling the truth here… because they know it’s true. They know this is bulletproof.”
Gandhi emphasized the gravity of the situation, stating, “Let’s not forget that the Prime Minister is the Prime Minister of India with a very slender majority. 25 seats… What we are saying to the Election Commission is that you’re not in the business of destroying Indian democracy. You’re in the business of protecting it.”
Calling the manipulation “a crime against the Indian Constitution and the Indian flag,” he said, “We are absolutely convinced because we see the pattern. We have studied the pattern. This crime is being done at a huge scale across the country, in state after state after state.”
He concluded with a direct accusation: “There is a huge criminal fraud being perpetrated on this country. It is being done by the Election Commission and the party in power. We have given you crystal clear, undoubtable proof here.”
