New Delhi: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has launched fresh allegations of “vote theft” against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reviving his attack over what he described as the manipulation of elections and institutions.
The remarks came after the BJP’s major wins in the West Bengal and Assam Assembly elections.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi wrote, “Seats are sometimes stolen through vote theft, sometimes entire governments.” He added, “Out of the 240 BJP MPs in the Lok Sabha, roughly every sixth MP has won through vote theft. It’s not hard to identify them – should we call them ‘infiltrators’ in BJP’s own language? And Haryana? There, the entire government is ‘infiltrator.’ The institutions they keep in their pockets, the ones that tamper with voter lists and the electoral process – those themselves are ‘remote controlled.’ Their real fear is the truth. Because if fair elections were held, even today they couldn’t win 140 seats.”
Earlier, Gandhi had extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her allegation that the BJP had “looted 100 seats.”
He also criticised leaders within the Congress and other opposition parties for mocking the Trinamool Congress and “gloating” over Mamata Banerjee’s loss in the West Bengal elections 2026.
On X, he wrote, “Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC’s loss. They need to understand this clearly – the theft of Assam and Bengal’s mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy. Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India.”
