Overview

• State Congress chief Amit Chavda said a 40% check of Choryasi’s rolls identified nearly 30,000 entries as fake, duplicate or suspicious, citing repeat names, multiple EPIC numbers, address changes and language variations.
• Based on a reported 12.3% dubious rate in the sample, the party extrapolated that up to about 62 lakh entries across Gujarat’s 5.06 crore voters could be questionable.
• The party announced a Vote Adhikar Jansabha on August 31 and a door-to-door verification campaign, with plans to submit evidence to the Election Commission and take the data to Parliament.
• The BJP rejected the charges as baseless, urged Congress to file affidavits with specifics under ECI rules, and pointed to regular voter list revisions and C.R. Patil’s large victory margin.
• The Election Commission reiterated that formal probes require sworn affidavits naming entries, echoing its earlier demand that Rahul Gandhi substantiate similar claims or withdraw them.