'Colluded with BJP': Rahul Gandhi's scathing attack on EC alleging vote fraud in Karnataka
PTC News Desk: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Election Commission alleging that the poll body colluded with the BJP to rig the Lok Sabha Elections in the country.
While addressing a press conference, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha claimed there was "bhayankar chori" (massive theft) of votes in the Mahadevapura assembly segment of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat. He further claimed that out of 6.5 lakh votes in the Mahadevapura assembly segment, there was a "vote chori" of over 1 lakh votes.
"An internal research by Congress found over one lakh duplicate voters, invalid addresses, bulk voters in Mahadevapura constituency in Karnataka," he said.
"This is a challenge here. This is seven feet of paper. If I want to find out if you have voted twice or if your name occurs twice in the voter list, I have to take your picture, and then I have to compare it to every single bit of paper. It is a very tedious process," he said.
"This task took us six months (Mahadevapura claim). If the Election Commission gave us electronic data, it would take us 30 seconds. Why are we being given data like this? So, that it is not analysed...These papers do not allow for optical character recognition," Gandhi further said.
In the backdrop of allegations, the Congress will hold a massive protest march, led by Gandhi, against the ECI in Karnataka over alleged voter fraud.
- PTC NEWS
