Rahul Gandhi's "vote-chori" press conference has drawn significant attention to a Brazilian woman whose photograph the Congress leader claimed was listed multiple times on Haryana's voter rolls, sparking widespread online curiosity about her identity and prompting a video response from her expressing astonishment at the situation.
Congress leader and the party's social media head, Supriya Shrinate, shared a video of the woman, identified as Larissa Nery, purportedly reacting to her image becoming viral after Gandhi displayed it during his press conference in the national capital on Wednesday. He alleged that the same photo was used 22 times across 10 polling booths in the Rai Assembly constituency of Haryana, under various names such as "Seema, Sweety, and Saraswati" on the electoral list.
Media reports quoted the Brazilian woman in the video confirming that the photograph presented at the press conference was an older image of herself.
"Guys, they are using an old photo of mine. It is an old photo, okay? I was young in the photo; I was like 18 or 20 years old.... I do not know if it is an election or something about voting that you have to vote for. And in India. Ah! they are portraying me as Indian to scam people, guys. What madness!" She was quoted as saying, based on a rough translation from Portuguese.
Gandhi described a "centralised plan" that involved a Brazilian model whose photograph was allegedly used 22 times at 10 booths in the Rai constituency during the Haryana Assembly elections held last year, with names including "Seema, Sweety, and Saraswati".After displaying her photograph, Gandhi challenged reporters to guess the woman's nationality.
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"So, last guesses. I am going to give a prize if anybody can guess this. Anybody? She is from Brazil. She is a Brazilian model. That is a stock photograph, and she is one of 25 lakh such records in Haryana. This is proof of a centralised operation, and I am going to show you -- if you just scan (a QR code that was shown on a screen with the image of the Brazilian woman) that, which I will do just now, if you scan that, this opens. That is her official page," he said at the presser.
The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged that the Haryana polls last year were "stolen". He referenced voter list data to assert that 25 lakh entries were fake and that the Election Commission (EC) colluded with the BJP to ensure the party's victory in the elections.
Since the press conference, the Brazilian woman's photograph has gone viral, fuelling intense speculation regarding her identity, profession, and whereabouts. Numerous memes and satirical posts featuring her image are also circulating widely on social media.
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