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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar

India’s election body faces scrutiny as voter list anomalies prompt allegations of ‘vote theft’

India’s election commission is facing renewed scrutiny over discrepancies in voter lists and allegations of result tampering.

The latest row began last week after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that almost 100,000 listed voters in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency were fake. The voter lists were replete with duplicate names, wrong addresses and blurred photos, he said, calling this a “theft” of the people’s mandate.

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