Ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday announced the launch of the “Vote Adhikar Yatra” against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, calling on people to “join this people’s movement.”
Making the announcement in a post on X, the Congress MP said, “From August 17, with #VoterAdhikarYatra, we are launching a direct fight against vote theft from the soil of Bihar.”
The announcement came amid ongoing protests by INDIA bloc leaders and their campaign against alleged “vote chori” (vote theft).
“This is not just an election issue – it is a decisive battle to protect democracy, the constitution, and the principle of ‘one man, one vote.’ We will ensure a clean voter list across the entire country. Youth, workers, farmers – every citizen, rise and join this people’s movement. This time, the defeat of vote thieves – the victory of the people, the victory of the constitution,” Gandhi said.
Earlier, Congress MP KC Venugopal announced that the party will hold a “Vote chor, gaddi chhodd” rally at 8 p.m. on August 14 in all districts across the country.
The protest is being organised in response to the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision in Bihar and the Congress’s allegations of “vote theft” by the ruling party, claims the party says the poll body has failed to address.
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The announcement followed a meeting chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with General Secretaries and In-Charges at the party headquarters in New Delhi earlier this month.
Venugopal said the Congress will also launch a nationwide signature campaign from September 15 to October 16, aiming to collect five crore signatures to be submitted to the Election Commission of India.
“On August 14, we will do a night march all over India, a district-level night march. ‘Vote chor, gaddi chhodd’ rally at 8 p.m. on August 14, in all districts. Then from August 21 to September 7, we will do state-level ‘Vote chor, gaddi chhodd’ rallies… From September 15 to October 15, a massive signature campaign will take place with the same slogan. We will submit five crore signatures to the EC,” Venugopal told the reporters earlier.
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