Rahul Gandhi Highlights Voter Roll Surge in Maharashtra, Faces Backlash from Devendra Fadnavis

Rahul Gandhi questions the integrity of Maharashtra's assembly elections, citing a sudden increase of 70 lakh voters, while Chief Minister Fadnavis demands an apology for alleged 'insult' to the state's democratic mandate.

• Rahul Gandhi claims that Maharashtra's voter rolls saw an unprecedented increase of 70 lakh voters between the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections, equivalent to Himachal Pradesh's population.
• He alleges that most of these new registrations were concentrated in constituencies where the BJP won during the assembly elections.
• Gandhi has requested the Election Commission to provide detailed voter data from both elections to verify the legitimacy of the additions but expressed skepticism about receiving the information.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded sharply, accusing Gandhi of insulting the state's democratic mandate and demanding a public apology.
• Fadnavis defended the BJP's electoral success, labeling Gandhi's remarks as slander and urging him to introspect rather than question the election results.

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