New Delhi [India], August 13 : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged citizens to protect their voting rights and raise their voices against alleged electoral malpractices.
Sharing a fictional video on X, he said, "Do not let your right to vote be snatched away, Ask questions, demand answers, this time!
Raise your voice against #VoteChori, Free constitutional institutions from the clutches of BJP!"
The Congress leader showed how two people (purportedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party) collude with the Election Commission officers to cast a vote in another's name.
In the video, two people, purportedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seen just coming back from the booth after casting a fake vote, with one of them saying "this is such a good arrangement, victory is assured now."
However, when the real voter comes with his voter ID card, showing him to be the real 50-year-old 'Garib Das' looking to cast his vote, he is told to go back as his vote has already been cast.
Similarly, when the real voter's wife asks about her vote, she is told that her vote has been cast by the other person. Ultimately, the people are seen going back without exercising their universal adult franchise.
Ultimately, the two people are also seen colluding with the Booth Level Officer (BLO), with the video taking a jibe at the Election Commission of India too, terming it as the 'Election chori aayog.'
Similarly, Congress MP and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, sharing the same video, continued his attack on the Centre, saying that with the theft of one's vote also is a theft of one's rights and the theft of one's Identity.
Earlier on August 12, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the AICC general secretaries, state in-charges and heads of frontal organisations meeting to discuss a nationwide campaign against alleged voter list manipulation and election fraud. The meeting was attended by LS LoP Rahul Gandhi too. Other that the LoP, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, KC Venugopal, Kumari Selja and others attended the meeting.
Earlier on Tuesday, workers of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) marched from the organisation's headquarters in Delhi to Jantar Mantar, protesting against the Election Commission over alleged voter list manipulation. The protest was in response to repeated allegations by Rahul Gandhi accusing the Commission of "vote chori" (vote theft).
Youth Congress activists also held a 'Halla Bol March' in the national capital, during which several protestors were detained by Delhi Police.
The LS LoP has also accused the ECI of neglecting its duty, asserting that the Congress party is committed to protecting the Constitution and will continue to do.
He stated that ECI has failed to enforce the principle of "One Man, One Vote," which he described as the foundation of the Constitution.