Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P Sandosh Kumar has backed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his fresh allegations of vote theft in Karnataka’s Aland Assembly constituency, calling these “very serious in nature”. Sandosh said Gandhi levelled the allegations against the poll panel and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with “proof” and the Election Commission of India should come out clean on the claims.
“These allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi are very serious in nature. He directly attacked the Chief Election Commissioner, stating that the CEC is protecting the people who are destroying the Constitution and democracy. Rahul Gandhi had enough proof to show. Vote theft of 6000 votes was shown with evidence,” the CPI MP said.
“The Election Commission of India should make it very clear who had done this. A software was developed for this, it was not done by a human,” he added.
Gandhi earlier today alleged that Congress supporters’ votes were being systematically deleted and those behind it were being protected by the Chief Election Commissioner. At a press conference in New Delhi, the Congress MP said the CEC had full knowledge of how the fraud was taking place and he was stalling a probe by the Karnataka CID into the matter.
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According to the Congress leader, over 6,000 voters were removed from the electoral roll in Aland Assembly constituency in Karnataka.
“In election after election, someone, some group of people, has been systematically targeting voters for deletions across India. Different communities, mainly those who are voting for the opposition, Dalits, OBCs, adivasis, and minorities, are specifically targeted who vote for the Opposition. We had heard this many times, and now we found 100 per cent proof of it. I am not going to say anything on this stage that is not backed up by 100 per cent proof. I am somebody who loves my country, Constitution, and the democratic process and I am protecting that process,” he said.
“In Aland, Karnataka, 6,018 votes, somebody tried to delete these votes. We don’t know the total number of votes deleted in the 2023 elections, but somebody got caught. It was caught, by most crimes, by coincidence. What happened was that the Booth Level Officer noticed that her uncle’s vote had been deleted,” he added.
The Election Commission has already dismissed Gandhi’s latest allegations of vote fraud.