The Rajasthan Youth Congress staged a protest here on Friday against the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission (EC) over alleged irregularities in the electoral process, which the party has dubbed "vote chori" (vote theft).
Several Youth Congress workers courted arrest during the demonstration, which was held near the Pradesh Congress Committee office.
The protest follows claims made days earlier by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the 2024 Haryana assembly polls were "stolen." He cited electoral roll data to claim that 25 lakh entries were fake and that the Election Commission colluded with the BJP to ensure its victory. Both the EC and the BJP have dismissed Gandhi's allegations.
Led by Rajasthan Youth Congress president Abhimanyu Poonia, the protesters chanted slogans in support of Gandhi and against the BJP. Police were deployed in the area, and barricades were erected outside the party office to prevent the protesters from moving ahead.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, Gandhi had claimed that a Brazilian model's photograph was used 22 times in ten polling booths in the Rai assembly constituency in Haryana under different names.
The BJP dismissed the allegation of mass vote theft as "false and baseless." EC officials also rejected the allegation as unfounded. Earlier, Gandhi had alleged "vote chori" in constituencies in both Karnataka and Maharashtra.
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