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The Election Commission of India has objected to the use of words like ‘vote theft’ on behalf of the opposition. Opposition parties, especially the Congress, have been running a campaign called ‘Vote Theft’ for the last two weeks. However, according to sources, the Commission says that trying to create a false story by using words like ‘vote thief’ is not only a direct attack on crores of Indian voters, but also an attack on the honesty of millions of election workers.

According to sources, the ECI says that the law of ‘one person one vote’ has been in existence since the first election of India in 1951–1952. If someone has evidence that a person has voted twice in an election, then he should give information to the Commission with written affidavit, not the voters of the entire country should be humiliated by calling them ‘thieves’ without evidence.

Sources said, “The Commission is worried that such rhetoric not only raises doubts on crores of Indian voters, but also weakens the credibility of election officials engaged in holding elections.”

This response came after the recent comments of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, who have accused the Election Commission of “stealing votes” with the BJP. On August 7, Rahul Gandhi gave a presentation to the media, in which the list of some voters of Mahadewapura assembly constituency was shown.

He alleged that the Election Commission is not giving us data because he is afraid that if we do in Mahadewapura, the same will be done in the rest of the Lok Sabha seat, then the truth of the country’s democracy will come out.

Rahul Gandhi further said in his statement, “We have criminal evidence, but the Election Commission is trying to end the evidence across the country. The Election Commission is meeting BJP and is helping them.”