'This is treason': Rahul Gandhi revives 'vote chori' charge after report of rift within EC
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday revived his "vote chori" charge against the Election Commission and accused election officials of committing "treason".In a post on X, Rahul said, "I am telling the EC and election officials clearly: What you are doing is wrong. This is treason, this is against the country. Do not forget that. The time will come when we will catch you. You will not be able to escape."His remarks came after an Indian Express report claimed that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections to the poll panel's actions at least 14 times over the past 10 months during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The report said the commissioners had flagged issues relating to the addition and deletion of voters as well as the handling of voter data.Senior Congress leaders KC Venugopal and P Chidambaram…
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