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The row began after Rahul Gandhi, at a press conference in Delhi, alleged that Dang had cast his vote multiple times, appearing at four different polling booths in his constituency
Amit Malviya (L), Gurkirat Singh Dang (Centre) and Rahul Gandhi | Image: File
After Gurkirat Singh Dang, whom Rahul Gandhi had singled out during a presentation on “vote theft”, called the charges a “political theatre”, the BJP criticised the Congress for “lying” to the country with alleged false claims.
The row began after Rahul Gandhi, at a press conference in Delhi, alleged that Dang had cast his vote multiple times, appearing at four different polling booths in his constituency. Later, Dang rejected the claims and called it “baseless.”
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“Gurkirat Singh Dang, whom Rahul Gandhi had singled out during his presentation on so-called Vote Chori, has hit back, calling him a bad loser and demanding that he produce proof to substantiate the allegation that he voted multiple times,” said BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya in an X post.
“This isn’t the first time—every claim Rahul Gandhi has made has collapsed under scrutiny. Rahul Gandhi is an industrial-scale LIAR,” he added in his post.
Gurkirat Singh Dang, whom Rahul Gandhi had singled out during his presentation on so-called Vote Chori, has hit back, calling him a bad loser and demanding that he produce proof to substantiate the allegation that he voted multiple times. This isn’t the first time—every claim… pic.twitter.com/iZr089iZCg— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) August 17, 2025
Rahul Gandhi, on August 7, made explosive allegations, claiming that elections in India are being manipulated through what he called ‘Vote Chori’ (vote theft).
Ready with surveyed data and polling analysis, he accused the Election Commission (EC) of aligning with the BJP and withholding vital voter information.
“Anti-incumbency hits every party in every democracy. But for some reason, the BJP is the only party that does not suffer from it,” he said.
Raising the matter of the voter list manipulation, he pointed out at a vote, and it was Dang.
“Here is a duplicate voter. There are 11,965 voters of this type. This is a gentleman called Gurkirat Singh Dang. Gurkira Singh Dang appears once, twice, three times, four times in four different polling booths in the constituency,” said the Congress leader.
“The same name, the same address, the same person for different polling booths. And this is not just one person; this is thousands of people in one assembly,” he added.
Reacting quickly to the allegations, Dang said, “I challenge Rahul Gandhi to prove that I voted 4 times. Due to rejection issues, four IDs were mistakenly created, but I had applied for their cancellation as per the rules and regulations of the poll body.”
“My family is being harassed,” Dang claimed, adding, “I will take legal action against YouTube creators for defaming me”.
The entire controversy escalated after the Election Commission announced a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar.
Opposition parties from the INDIA bloc staged protests, accusing the EC of working in tandem with the ruling BJP to selectively delete voters.
They cited Rahul Gandhi’s presentation, which drew on data from poll agents to highlight large discrepancies in the electoral rolls.
The Election Commission has rejected these claims, insisting that the revision exercise was carried out transparently.
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Ronit Singh, Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com, works with the India and Breaking News team. He has a keen focus on Indian politics and aims to cover unexplored angles. Ronit is an alumnus of Christ (Deemed to be…Read More
Ronit Singh, Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com, works with the India and Breaking News team. He has a keen focus on Indian politics and aims to cover unexplored angles. Ronit is an alumnus of Christ (Deemed to be… Read More
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