Chicago – August 10, 2025
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka on Sunday issued a notice to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi asking him to provide documents to support the allegations of “vote chori” he had made in New Delhi earlier.
The notice was related to one of Gandhi’s allegations of electoral malpractice in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment of the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. It referred to the Congress leader’s remarks that one Shakun Rani had voted twice during the Lok Sabha polls held last year.
“You have also stated that as per the records given by the polling officer, Smt. Shakun Rani has voted twice. You have said; “Es ID card per do baar vote lagahai, wo jo tick hai, polling booth ke officer ki hai”. On inquiry, Smt. Shakun Rani has stated that she has voted only once and not twice, as alleged by you,” the notice read.
Issued by V Anbukumar, the CEO of Karnataka, it said the “preliminary enquiry conducted by this office also reveals that the tick marked document shown by you in the presentation is not a document issued by the polling officer. Therefore, you are kindly requested to provide the relevant documents on the basis of which you have concluded that Smt. Shakun Rani or anyone else has voted twice, so that a detailed inquiry can be undertaken by this office.”
