Bad weather forces Rahul to cancel Almora rally, return to Delhi
Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's Almora rally was cancelled on Thursday owing to bad weather conditions in the Kumaon region.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced investigation into the alleged “vote theft” in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, saying Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s claims are evidence-based.
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said, “The Law Department will investigate vote rigging in the Lok Sabha elections, before BBMP elections. Legal action will be taken as per the recommendation given by them.
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He said that Advocate General will be instructed to conduct the investigation quickly and submit a report.
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The development comes days after Rahul Gandhi alleged rigging in 2024 Lok Sbaha Elections and released what he described as “criminal evidence” to back his claim.
Rahul laimed that there were over one lakh fake voters in Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency, where the BJP defeated Congress by a margin of 32,707 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
“Our internal polls indicated that we were expected to win 16 seats in Karnataka. However, we won 9. We then focused on the 7 unexpected losses and chose Mahadevapura, a Vidhan Sabha segment under Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat.
He claimed that upon examining the details, the Congress party discovered that approximately 1,00,250 votes were “stolen” out of 6,50,000 total votes in the Mahadevapura assembly segment.
The Congress MP alleged that the votes were stolen in five ways: duplicate voters, fake and invalid addresses, bulk voters registered at single addresses, invalid photos, and misuse of Form 6. READ FULL STORY HERE
Reiterating Rahul Gandhi’s claim, Siddaramaiah said that their internal survey had indeed predicted victory for Congress in Karnataka’s Lok 16 Sabha seats, but the party won only 9.
“Rahul Gandhi’s claims are evidence-based. All relevant documents are with the State and Central Election Commissions. Is it really possible for 80 people to live in one small room? We learnt of these facts only after studying the matter,” he added.
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