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Prayagraj resident Anjani Mishra plans to file a complaint with the police after getting non-stop calls following Rahul Gandhi press meet alleging vote theft.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. (IMAGE: PTI)
Prayagraj resident Anjani Mishra on Friday said he plans to file an application with the police because he was receiving nonstop calls and plans to approach the police after his mobile number appeared during Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on alleged vote theft on September 18.
Mishra, speaking to News18, said that he first thought he was subjected to some kind of a “fraud”. “But later I found out that my number was shown in Rahul Gandhi’s press conference. Since yesterday, I’ve been getting a large number of unknown calls,” Mishra said.
He said that the Indian National Congress (INC) is yet to formally issue a notification or apologise. ““Today, I will be submitting an application to the police against this. I have never been to Maharashtra,” he told News18.
Mishra claimed that he was being pressured not to take action. “I’m receiving all kinds of calls,” he added.
“People are telling me not to file an FIR, saying it could create problems, (but) right to privacy is mine (and it is) my number (that) has been made public and I’m facing a lot of trouble because of it”.
He said that he has been “using this number for the past 15 years”.
“My number was made public yesterday, my entire routine has been disrupted,” Mishra complained.
At the Thursday press conference held at the Congress’ Indira Bhawan headquarters in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi had accused the Election Commission and others of being complicit in what he called systematic “vote chori” (vote theft).
“The CEC is protecting ‘vote chors’ and the people who have destroyed Indian democracy,” Gandhi said, as he alleged that the operation targeted voters in multiple states.
He cited examples, including voter deletions he alleged in Karnataka’s Aland segment and additions in Maharashtra’s Rajura, to argue that software-driven manipulation was being used against opposition supporters. Gandhi urged the Election Commission to hand over records sought by investigative agencies and said the Congress would present further research in the coming weeks.
The Election Commission dismissed Gandhi’s allegations as “incorrect and baseless”, maintaining that deletions from voter rolls cannot take place without giving the affected person a chance to be heard.
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a senior subeditor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over five years of experience during which he has covered sev…Read More
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a senior subeditor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over five years of experience during which he has covered sev… Read More
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