Following the ‘vote chori’ claims last month, the Leader of the Opposition on Thursday has yet again come out with new claims. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting "vote chori" and people who have destroyed democracy. Rahul Gandhi, while citing data from a Karnataka Assembly constituency, claimed that the votes of Congress supporters were being systematically deleted ahead of elections.

Rahul Gandhi, during a press conference, said that “The Election Commission must stop this and provide within a week information sought by the Karnataka CID in an investigation into voter deletions,” as cited by news agency PTI.