"Gen Z will save Constitution, stop vote theft; I stand with them": Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Asserting that the Gen Z of India will play a decisive role in safeguarding the Constitution and protecting democracy, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday pledged to stand by them in their fight against alleged vote theft.

Sharing his picture, Rahul Gandhi posted on X, The Youth of the Country The Students of the Country The Gen Z of the Country Will save the Constitution, protect democracy, and stop vote theft. I always stand with them. Jai Hind!

देश के Yuva

देश के Students

देश की Gen Z

संविधान को बचाएंगे, लोकतंत्र की रक्षा करेंगे और वोट चोरी को रोकेंगे।

मैं उनके साथ हमेशा खड़ा हूं।

जय हिंद!

pic.twitter.com/cLK6Tv6RpS

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)

September 18, 2025

This comes amid his fresh allegations of an attempt at vote theft in Karnataka Aland constituency. Addressing a press conference today, he claimed that there was an attempt to delete more than 6,000 voters names from the Aland constituency in Karnataka.

In Aland, Karnataka, 6018 votes, somebody tried to delete these votes. We dont know the total number of votes deleted in 2023 elections, but somebody got caught. It was caught, by most crimes, by coincidence. What happened was that the Booth Level officer noticed that her uncle vote had been deleted, he said.

The Lok Sabha LoP further alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, is protecting vote chors and is fully aware of how fraud is occurring in the deletion and addition of fake voters to the voter list. He stated that he has 10 per cent proof that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is protecting vote chors (vote thieves).

He said that a group of people is using a centralised method through software, impersonating real voters, and deleting their names from the voter lists.

Gandhi further claimed that he is getting help from people who are working for the Election Commission of India (ECI) in uncovering alleged vote fraud in the country.

We have started getting help from inside the Election Commission. I want to make it clear that we are now receiving information from within the Election Commission; this was not happening previously, but now we are getting information from inside the Election Commission, and this is not going to stop. India people will not accept this. Once the youth come to know that vote chori is happening, then their power will come, Rahul Gandhi alleged.

Responding to the claims, the ECI has called Rahul Gandhi allegations baseless and incorrect, highlighting that no deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public.

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka also responded to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi fresh claims of vote chori in Aland constituency, stating that the poll body had already rejected all incorrect applications and an FIR was filed in the matter in 2023.

The Karnataka CEO said in a statement that the ERO in Aland received 6,018 online applications through Form 7 in December 2022. Suspecting the genuineness of such a large number of applications submitted online for deletion of electors names in 46-Aland LAC in Karnataka, verification of each application was conducted by ERO/AERO/BLOS, an official statement said.

Only 24 applications were found to be genuine, and another 5,994 were found to be incorrect. Accordingly, 24 applications were accepted, and 5,994 incorrect applications were rejected and not deleted, the statement added.

The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha has claimed that the investigation into the alleged fraud has been stalled for over 2 years as the poll body is not replying to the letters sent by the CID, calling it proof that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is protecting vote chors (vote thieves). (ANI)

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