Overview
- At a mass ‘Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod’ rally at Ramlila Maidan, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of manipulating elections and said the poll body was not acting independently.
- Rahul Gandhi alleged EC–BJP “collusion,” cited claims of Rs 10,000 transfers to women during the Bihar polls, and said Congress would seek accountability for election commissioners by overturning their legal protections.
- Priyanka Gandhi challenged the BJP to contest a paper ballot election and said every step of the current process raises suspicion, asserting the commissioners would one day have to answer for “conspiring” to take away votes.
- The party displayed sacks representing nearly six crore signatures gathered against alleged “vote chori,” saying they will be submitted to the President as part of a nationwide campaign.
- Congress leaders referenced specific cases to back their claims, including an SIT chargesheet in Karnataka’s Aland against seven accused, even as the EC has previously called similar allegations “incorrect and baseless.”