The residents of Hodal town rubbished claims of vote chori and pointed out informed that most homes in the locality have been listed under House No. 265 due to a data entry error made by the Booth Level Officer (BLO).
Vandra's rants come straight out of her brother's playbook, who has been running a malicious campaign against the top election body of the country, without any credible evidence.
OpIndia visited the area and talked to locals to find out the details. The residents told OpIndia that they support the SIR exercise and that it should be initiated as soon as possible to remove fake names from the voter list.
To give further push to the vote chori narrative, Rahul Gandhi, during his address on 5th November, claimed that Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had said in a press conference before the results that they had all the “arrangements”, hinting towards the theft of votes. He became a clip-cutter and shared a trimmed clip of Nayab Singh speaking at a press conference on 6th October 2024, two days before the elections.
The Election Commission clarified earlier that CCTV footage from polling booths is kept for 45 days and shared only on Supreme Court’s order. It debunks Rahul Gandhi’s repeated claim that the evidence of ‘vote chori’ is being destroyed.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has activated a nationwide voter helpline system and introduced a new ‘Book-a-Call with BLO’ facility to ensure seamless...
While the state government justified the transfers as a routine exercise, the BJP said that it would be keeping a close watch on the newly-appointed officials.