BJP Targets Opposition Over ‘Vote Chori’ Allegations, Cites Lakhs of ‘Doubtful’ Voters in Key Seats

 Turning the spotlight back on Rahul Gandhi and the Congress over allegations of ‘vote chori’ (vote theft), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the Opposition of harbouring large numbers of fake voters in several high-profile constituencies. The BJP named six Opposition strongholds — Rae Bareli, Wayanad, Diamond Harbour, Kannauj, Mainpuri, and Kolathur — represented by Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Abhishek Banerjee, Dimple Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, and MK Stalin, respectively.

“Will all these Opposition leaders resign after what they call ‘vote chori’? They want to stop SIR because it will clean up such voter rolls,” BJP leader Anurag Thakur said, unveiling a 70-slide presentation on the issue. The move was seen as a pointed rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi’s recent allegations of voter roll manipulation in a Bengaluru seat and claims of Election Commission–BJP collusion.

Thakur alleged that the Opposition was protecting what he called the “Ghuspaithiya vote bank” for political survival. “Rahul Gandhi is a propaganda king. Our analysis of six Opposition-ruled constituencies exposes the Ghuspaithiya vote bank,” he declared.

According to BJP’s data, Wayanad — won by Rahul Gandhi in 2019 and later by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the recent by-election — allegedly has 93,499 “doubtful” voters. This includes 20,438 duplicates, 17,450 voters with fake addresses, 4,246 in mixed households, and 51,365 added via mass voter registration.

In Rae Bareli, also represented by Rahul Gandhi, the BJP claimed over two lakh questionable entries: 19,512 duplicates, 71,977 with fake addresses, and 92,747 added en masse. Thakur further alleged that over 52,000 fake birth certificates were linked to bogus addresses in the constituency.

Diamond Harbour, held by TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, was said to have nearly 2.6 lakh doubtful voters, including 1.55 lakh with fake addresses and almost 56,000 added through mass registration.

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP alleged 2,91,798 doubtful voters in Kannauj, represented by Akhilesh Yadav, and 2,55,914 in Mainpuri, represented by Dimple Yadav. In Tamil Nadu’s Kolathur, Chief Minister MK Stalin’s seat, the party claimed nearly 20,000 such voters.

The BJP said its review had identified five patterns behind the so-called “Ghuspaithiya vote bank”: duplicate voters, fake addresses, fake relatives, manipulated ages, and mass voter additions.