LS polls in Karnataka ’stolen’, we found out EC’s ’game’: Rahul Gandhi

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 23, 2025: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka was “stolen” and the Congress has "unearthed the modus operandi, which has prompted the Election Commission to change it in Bihar."

Asked about the protest against Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, he said it is not just the case of Bihar and alleged that there was “cheating” in Maharashtra too, where the EC had refused to give voters’ list and video-recording of polling process.

“We did some research in Karnataka. We found that the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka was stolen. I can show you in black and white. We can show that to the EC. When they understood we have found out their game, they have changed theirs,” he told reporters in Parliament House.

Rahul said they chose a constituency in Karnataka and collected voters’ lists from all polling stations.

“The problem is they give the voters’ list on paper. We can’t analyse such voters’ lists. So, we collected the voters’ list and we digitilised it. It took six months and we unearthed their system like who casts their votes, how voters are enrolled and all came out,” he claimed.

Rahul, however, did not provide details about the constituency or other details.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, Congress won nine seats, up from one, while BJP got 17 and JD(S) 2. BJP had won eight seats less compared to 2019 elections.