**Rahul Gandhi Reiterates Vote Fraud Allegations Against Election Commission; Manan Kumar Mishra Responds**
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday once again reiterated his allegations of vote fraud against the Election Commission of India.
In response, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Manan Kumar Mishra slammed Gandhi’s claims, stating that the Congress leader has no evidence to support his accusations. According to Mishra, this lack of proof is why Gandhi is making baseless allegations against the Election Commission, news agency ANI reported.
Speaking to the media, Mishra said, “The result of the whole press conference was nothing. There is no evidence. Rahul Gandhi always talks nonsense. The public will not be affected by this. There is no evidence of how the software was manipulated. He is placing oral allegations. There is no importance of that in the eyes of the law. The public knows he has no evidence; that is why he is putting allegations on a constitutional body like the Election Commission.”
Earlier in the day, the senior Congress leader criticized the Election Commission for allegedly “not cooperating” with the voter fraud investigation initiated by the Karnataka Crime Investigation Department (Karnataka CID) in the Aland Assembly segment of Kalaburagi district, ANI reported.
Gandhi claimed that the investigation into the alleged fraud has been stalled for over two years because the Election Commission is not responding to letters sent by the CID. He called this lack of cooperation “proof” that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is “protecting vote chors (vote thieves).”
However, the Election Commission dismissed all the allegations made by Gandhi. The poll body clarified that names of voters cannot be deleted online by any member of the public. In its official reply to the Lok Sabha MP, the Commission stated, “Allegations made by Rahul Gandhi are incorrect and baseless. No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Rahul Gandhi. No deletion can take place without giving an opportunity to be heard to the affected person.”
The Election Commission also asserted that the allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar are baseless and incorrect.
(With ANI inputs)
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