Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated his rallying slogan, “Vote chor, gaddi chhod”, stating it has been vindicated across the country and will be proven in increasingly dramatic fashion. Speaking during a visit to Raebareli, he framed the recent electoral developments as evidence of widespread malpractice and manipulated outcomes. 

Gandhi claimed that one crore new voters were added between the 2024 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections—voters who didn’t figure in the earlier polls. He asserted that while the vote share of his alliance remained constant, all the surge benefited the BJP, hinting at systemic manipulation.

These allegations echo previous charges from Gandhi that the Election Commission of India (ECI) colluded with the BJP, pointing to voter list irregularities, destruction of CCTV footage, and refusal to share data as suspicious activities.