Rahul Gandhi becomes clip cutter, peddles a out of context clip of CM Nayab Singh to peddle ‘he knew about vote chori’ conspiracy theory: Here’s the truth

Rahul Gandhi’s false vote chori claim against Haryana CM Nayab Singh exposed
Rahul Gandhi’s vote chori claim debunked as full video shows Haryana CM Nayab Singh spoke about BJP’s alliance strategy (Image: SS from Rahul Gandhi's press conference)

On 5th November, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, dropped the so-called Hydrogen Bomb during a press conference claiming “vote chori” during the Haryana Assembly Elections. Gandhi, during his address claimed that Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh had said in a press conference before the results that they had all the “arrangements”, hinting towards theft of votes. He became clip-cutter and shared a trimmed clip of Nayab Singh speaking at a press conference on 6th October 2024, two days before the elections.

In the video, CM Singh was heard saying, “BJP will form the government alone… We have all the arrangements.” Gandhi claimed that the “smile on his face” and the use of the word “vyavastha”, or “arrangement” in English, hinted towards theft of votes. According to Rahul Gandhi, if a leader smiles before election results, he must have done something wrong. He said, “This gentleman was very sure and is smiling that BJP has some ‘vyavastha’ that is going to show itself,” despite exit polls favouring Congress.

CM Nayab Singh was talking about the possibility of an alliance

OpIndia found the exact clip with full context, which is nowhere close to what Rahul Gandhi claimed during his press conference. On 6th October, during a pre-result press conference, a reporter asked CM Singh if the BJP would choose an alliance with another party to form a government. In reply, he said, “We will not need any kind of alliance. I have said from the very beginning that the BJP will form the government alone. We have all the arrangements… I am confident that the BJP will alone form the government, but if we need that (alliance) we will give it a thought; we have all the arrangements.”

Hence, the claim made by Rahul Gandhi about Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh hinting at “vote chori” is false. The full video clearly shows that the Chief Minister was referring to the BJP’s internal preparedness and confidence in forming the government without any alliance, not to any manipulation of votes. Gandhi’s interpretation of the clip was misleading and based on an edited portion of the original statement.

Written by OpIndia Staff
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