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Kharge Accuses Election Commission of Withholding Key Records in Karnataka Voter-Deletion Probe

Kharge’s charge centers on records he says are required for a CID inquiry into 5,994 forged Form 7 deletions in Aland.

Uttar Pradesh Congress rally underway in Sitapur on September 7. (Sourced)
Cover page of the newsletter, shared by Congress, on the party's allegations of 'vote theft' against ECI and BJP | x.com/incindia
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Overview

  • Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged the Election Commission has stonewalled crucial information and questioned whether it has become the BJP’s “back-office” for vote theft.
  • The dispute stems from an Aland case tied to the 2023 Karnataka polls, where investigators reported 5,994 forged Form 7 applications seeking to remove voters from the rolls.
  • Kharge said the Congress-led state government ordered a CID probe that now needs documents the commission initially shared in part but has since withheld.
  • The Election Commission did not immediately respond to the latest allegations, and it has previously dismissed similar claims by the Congress as baseless.
  • The attack features in a broader Congress campaign on electoral rolls, with Rahul Gandhi’s new newsletter citing his claim of over 100,000 fake voters in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura and urging greater transparency.