Rahul Gandhi's Big Haryana 'Vote Chori' Charge Prompts EC Fact-Check, Draws BJP Ire: Top Points

Last Updated:November 05, 2025, 17:17 IST

The Congress leader also alleged that a Brazilian model was registered as a voter in Haryana 22 times in at least 10 different booths

LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday. (Photo: Congress)

Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, on Wednesday alleged unprecedented vote fraud in the 2024 Haryana assembly elections, claiming that 25 lakh votes were “stolen" in the state which has two crore voters. “This means one in eight voters in Haryana is fake, 12.5 per cent," the Congress leader said as he dropped his much-awaited “H Bomb".

Noting that all exit polls had predicted a Congress victory in Haryana election, Gandhi said the results surprisingly showed a victory for the BJP. The Congress leader also showed a video of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini telling the media before the results that “arrangements" had been made and his party was winning the polls. “What were these arrangements?" he asked.

Gandhi also alleged that a Brazilian model was registered as a voter in Haryana 22 times in at least 10 different booths. Sharing the stock photograph of model Matheus Ferrero, the Congress leader said it could be downloaded for free from a website that deals in stock photos. He added that the woman was listed under different names—“Sweety, Seema, Saraswati"—in voter rolls.

“The Election Commission can remove duplicates in a second. Why don’t they do it? Reason: they are helping the BJP," he said, showing several instances of voter IDs with the same pictures but different names in the voter roll.

EC Hits Back

Reacting to Gandhi’s charges, sources in the Election Commission said zero appeals were filed against electoral rolls in Haryana. “Only 22 election petitions are currently pending in the high court against 90 assembly seats," the sources said.

The poll body also questioned what the polling agents of the Congress were doing on polling day. “If someone votes more than 200 times in two booths, why was no objection raised by polling agents of Congress? After the voter list was finalised, a copy of it was given to all parties. Why was the duplicate name issue not flagged? Why was there no appeal? In a secret ballot, how is it being alleged who a voter voted for?"

BJP Hits Back

Union minister Kiren Rijiju, while reacting to the Congress leader’s press conference, said the statements were an attempt by the Congress to “hide their failure".

“Polling in Bihar is just two days away, and by doing this now, they are trying to find an excuse for their impending defeat. We never questioned exit polls."

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