Overview
- Rahul Gandhi alleged a Brazilian model’s photo appeared 22 times under different names across Haryana polling booths as part of a coordinated “vote chori” operation.
- As clips of the press conference spread, many users mistakenly identified the unnamed woman as Brazilian actor-model Larissa Bonesi, who has worked in India for years.
- Bonesi’s Instagram posts drew hundreds of India-focused comments, including memes of Rahul Gandhi and messages like “You are famous in India” and “Congratulations on Indian citizenship.”
- Another Brazilian model, Larissa Nery, said she is the woman shown in Gandhi’s presentation and shared screenshots and a video about the controversy on her social accounts.
- Bonesi has not responded publicly to the messages, and news reports have not independently verified the origin of the image Gandhi highlighted.