Overview

• At an August 7 press conference, Gandhi claimed Maharashtra added 40 lakh suspicious voters in five months—exceeding the previous five-year total.
• His team identified anomalies including 11,965 duplicate entries, registrations across multiple states, missing or invalid photos and tens of thousands of questionable addresses.
• Gandhi asserted internal voter-roll checks showed over 1 lakh votes were stolen in Bengaluru Central’s Mahadevapura assembly constituency.
• He accused the Election Commission of denying repeated requests for electoral-roll data and collaborating with the BJP to conceal irregularities.
• The absence of a formal response from the Commission has intensified scrutiny over the impartiality of India’s election oversight.