Overview

• Gopalakrishnan said the party brought people from other states, including Jammu and Kashmir, settled them for a year, enrolled them, and would do so again in seats it aims to win.
• He rejected accusations of adding names at false addresses and asserted that no bogus voting occurred, defining bogus voting as duplications or ballots cast in dead voters’ names.
• He dismissed complaints from homeowners about unknown residents as isolated misunderstandings without larger implications.
• BJP state secretary M. T. Ramesh cited rules allowing registration after six months’ residence with recognized ID and neighbor verification, while accusing the CPI(M) and Congress of adding fake votes.
• The comments intersect with scrutiny of Suresh Gopi’s Thrissur victory by 74,682 votes and with Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ claims and the Congress–RJD Vote Adhikar Yatra alleging disenfranchisement.