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Karnataka EC officer sends notice to Rahul for proof of 'vote theft'
The New Indian Express Kottayam
|August 11, 2025
IN the wake of 'vote theft' allegations levelled by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against the Election Commission at a press conference in New Delhi on August 7, the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Karnataka on Sunday served a notice to the Congress leader, asking him to share documents based on which he had alleged that a woman voted twice.
Gandhi had alleged that there was an instance of duplicate voting, citing the case of one Shakun Rani, who he claimed had voted twice in the Mahadevapura constituency in the 2024 general election and had stated that the document was from the ECI. The ECI, however, stated that its preliminary inquiry found no such evidence, with Shakun Rani herself asserting that she voted only once and the "tickmarked" document Gandhi displayed not being
This story is from the August 11, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kottayam.
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