A fresh war of words has erupted between the BJP and the Congress over alleged irregularities in voter rolls. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya on Monday accused Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera of holding two active voter ID cards in Delhi, one from Jangpura and another from New Delhi.
Khera dismissed the allegation outright, insisting there was no misconduct on his part. Instead, he blamed the Election Commission, saying its repeated failure to update rolls had created the confusion. “I moved out of that area in 2016, yet my name continues to appear. The rolls have been revised multiple times since then. This reflects poorly on how BLOs carry out their duties,” he told IANS.
Khera argued that the issue highlighted a larger problem of transparency in the electoral process. “Whether the allegation comes from Amit Malviya, Anurag Thakur, or even us in the Congress, the real accountability lies with the Election Commission. We have been demanding basic transparency—like machine-readable voter lists in Varanasi and booth-level CCTV footage in Maharashtra—but those demands are ignored. That is why we call it vote theft,” he said.
Earlier, Malviya had posted the voter ID numbers on X, accusing the Congress of manipulating the system. “Congress is the quintessential vote thief. It has mutilated our electoral process, stolen mandates, and legitimised infiltrators,” he claimed.
The controversy comes against the backdrop of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sharpening his “vote chori” narrative against the BJP, promising to soon make a major disclosure, which he described as a “hydrogen bomb” revelation on electoral malpractice.
