Maharashtra Assembly Polls, Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Were Rigged: Rahul Gandhi Presents Electoral List Errors

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has once again raised serious concerns over the integrity of the 2024 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections, accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of benefiting from electoral manipulation and remaining unaffected by anti-incumbency trends.

Speaking at a press conference at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi, Gandhi questioned the credibility of opinion and exit polls, suggesting a disconnect between predicted and actual outcomes. "Anti-incumbency affects every party in every democracy, yet somehow the BJP escapes it," he said.

Doubts Cast on the Election Commission

Rahul Gandhi pointed to past elections in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, alleging sudden and unexplained result swings that contradicted polling predictions. He accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of collusion with the BJP to influence electoral outcomes, saying, "We saw opinion polls predict one result, but the actual outcome was vastly different."

He further claimed that the ECI denied Congress access to machine-readable voter lists, particularly in Maharashtra. According to him, a surge of one crore new voters between the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections raised suspicions of manipulation.

Booth-Level Concerns and Karnataka Example

Highlighting discrepancies at the booth level, Rahul Gandhi stated that there was no surge in voting after 5:30 p.m., despite data indicating otherwise. "Our booth workers confirmed that no such late surge happened. Yet the final numbers tell a different story," he asserted.

Citing a specific example from Karnataka, Gandhi claimed that over one lakh votes in the Mahadevapura assembly seat were dubious. "Out of 6.5 lakh votes, many were duplicates or linked to invalid addresses," he alleged, citing internal Congress research.