In early September 2025, the Bharatiya Janata Party accused Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera and his wife, Telangana Congress vice president Kota Neelima, of electoral violations.
Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s Information and Technology department, alleged on X that both Khera and Neelima held two separate Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers from two separate constituencies. This meant that they could potentially cast their vote twice. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, a citizen with two voter registrations can be punished with either imprisonment for up to a year, a fine, or both. “Rahul Gandhi cannot extricate himself from these acts of criminality within his own ranks,” Malviya wrote. “He must speak, and the Election Commission must investigate.”
