Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of presiding over what he called a “massive voter fraud” ahead of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Gandhi said he had “100% proof” that thousands of voters were deliberately struck off the rolls using fake applications routed through call centers.
According to Gandhi, over 6,000 names were almost deleted in Aland constituency before a Booth Level Officer (BLO) and local Congress MLA flagged the irregularities. He said that the deletions were not accidental but part of a coordinated operation “controlled from outside Karnataka” through call centers that generated bogus requests.
“The CID of Karnataka wrote 18 letters to the Election Commission over 18