Latest claim from Rahul Gandhi, Congress: 947 voters in one house

The party questioned the Booth Level Officer’s door-to-door verification, asking why actual house numbers were omitted from the voter list and who would benefit from this. “This is no ordinary mistake, but a mockery in the name of transparency. When house numbers are erased, it becomes easy to hide fake voters, duplicates, and ghostly identities,” it claimed.

“If 947 voters in a small village can be ‘dumped’ at one address, then imagine how big the scale of irregularities in Bihar and the whole of India would be. As Rahul Gandhi ji is continuously saying – ‘Democracy is being stolen. Nidani is its living proof,” the party claimed.

The Congress also called on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to respond.

Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi retweeted the post, commenting: “See the EC’s magic, an entire village settled in one house.”

In response to Gandhi’s tweet, the Gaya district administration shared four video clips on X from villagers. “In many villages, house numbers are not allotted, due to which symbolic house numbers are given in the voter roll. The voters mentioned are all present in the village and are genuine voters. Voters from Booth No. 161 of Nidani village are themselves clarifying the situation,” the post read.

One video featured a resident saying, “Village Nidani, Booth No. 161, here defamation is being done that 900 votes are in one house, that is completely wrong. We are satisfied with the survey done by the Election Commission… and as far as house numbers are concerned, there are no house numbers in 161, we live in the village, house numbers don’t exist in the village.”

Another clip showed a woman saying, “My name is Rinki Kumari… I have been voting before, and I am still voting. There are no house numbers in the village; my name is still on the voter list.”

The Bihar Chief Electoral Officer’s office said, “Notional House Number is an imaginary (symbolic) house number given when a voter’s residence does not have an actual house number available. In many villages, slums or temporary settlements, houses do not have permanent house numbers. In such cases, the BLO physically visits the area and assigns a serial number (like 1, 2, 3…) to each house. This number is only for convenience in listing and to record voters in proper order. It is used for voter identification and to prepare the voter list in an orderly manner.”