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'Sometimes Seats Are Stolen Through Vote Theft, Sometimes Entire Govt': Rahul Gandhi

He said roughly one in six BJP MPs won through vote theft and accused election institutions of being remote controlled.

  • On Wednesday, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that roughly every sixth Bharatiya Janata Party MP secured their seat through "vote theft," questioning whether they should be labeled "infiltrators."
  • These accusations followed the BJP's decisive victories on Monday in West Bengal and Assam assembly elections, which Gandhi termed a "theft" of the mandate and a mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
  • Citing alleged irregularities in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, Gandhi claimed institutions responsible for maintaining voter lists are "remote controlled" and "afraid of truth."
  • Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded on Wednesday that the Supreme Court take cognisance of the West Bengal poll process and make video recordings of vote counting publicly available.
  • While the Election Commission has rejected these claims, Yadav warned that developments seen in West Bengal could be replicated in Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year.
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India Today broke the news in India on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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