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Congress-Led Opposition Launches Nationwide 'Vote Theft' Campaign After MPs Detained

Rahul Gandhi says he holds detailed evidence on more than 40 seats; the Election Commission has rejected the allegations as factually incorrect, demanding sworn affidavits before pursuing any formal inquiry.

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Members of the INDIA bloc hold a banner that reads ‘Our vote. Our right. Our fight,’ as they stage a protest over 'poll fraud' issues during today's parliament session.

Overview

  • On August 11, roughly 300 Opposition MPs led by Rahul Gandhi marched from Parliament to the Election Commission office in New Delhi to protest alleged voter-list irregularities but were halted and briefly detained by police near the PTI building.
  • Several lawmakers clashed with security personnel during the protest, and TMC’s Mahua Moitra and Congress’s Mitali Bag fainted and required medical attention.
  • The Election Commission issued a fact-check calling the ‘vote theft’ claims factually incorrect and released documents and video testimonials to defend the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar.
  • Opposition leaders have planned a district-level night march on August 14 and a signature drive from September 15 to demand machine-readable electoral rolls and polling-station CCTV footage.
  • Key legal and administrative steps—including Supreme Court deadlines, state-level probes and the ECI’s offer to meet a limited delegation contingent on affidavits—are set to determine the next phase of the dispute.