Overview
- Party leaders announced the first phase of the 'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chod' campaign will culminate with flag-off events at all state headquarters on Nov. 8 before signatures are sent to AICC and then presented to the President.
- Rahul Gandhi this week unveiled 'The H Files', alleging about 25 lakh fake or duplicate entries in Haryana’s 2024 rolls and citing repeated-use photographs, including a Brazilian woman’s image used 22 times in Rai.
- K. C. Venugopal outlined specific demands for electoral roll transparency and accountability, including machine-readable lists with photos, pre-election addition/deletion lists, a grievance mechanism, cut-off dates, and prosecutions of culpable officials.
- Gaurav Gogoi called for a nationwide movement to press for an inquiry into the Election Commission’s functioning, arguing that the commission’s inaction signals a serious failure of oversight.
- The BJP dismissed the claims as false and politically motivated, and reports noted the ECI has issued procedural rebuttals rather than launching an independent investigation, while state units of Congress held protests in Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.