‘Misleading Nation With Lies’: Haryana CM Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi Over ‘Vote Chori’ Charge

Last Updated:November 05, 2025, 19:36 IST

Nayab Singh Saini accused Rahul Gandhi of misleading the nation with voter fraud claims in Haryana, saying the party has become agenda less.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File)

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “explosive" allegations of voter fraud in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, saying that the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition is misleading the nation with such lies.

“Rahul Gandhi is lying. Four generations of his family have ruled this country, and yet he has to resort to lying. Rahul Gandhi is doing the work of misleading the nation…The way Congress has become agenda-less, they are misleading the nation by spreading lies," Saini said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Meanwhile, former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda backed Gandhi’s allegations of vote theft and said that voice of the people were suppressed, and the government was stolen through it.

“Rahul Gandhi explained in detail. He provided complete evidence of how many votes were cast, and what all happened… When everyone saw the exit polls… no exit poll anywhere gave the BJP more than 29 seats, and the Congress party was winning with a landslide majority. The obvious doesn’t need proof. Just look at the last three or four results of the Haryana Assembly elections. Whoever won the postal ballots formed the government…" he said as quoted by the news agency.

Rahul Gandhi Alleges Vote Fraud In Haryana Polls

Earlier today, the Congress leader stepped up his vote theft attack against the BJP and the Election Commission, alleging large-scale voter rolls’ manipulation in Haryana during the 2024 assembly elections.

He claimed that 25 lakh votes were “stolen" in the state which has two crore voters. “This means one in eight voters in Haryana is fake, 12.5 per cent," the Congress leader said as he dropped his much-awaited “H Bomb".

Noting that all exit polls had predicted a Congress victory in Haryana election, Gandhi said the results surprisingly showed a victory for the BJP. The Congress leader also showed a video of CM Saini telling the media before the results that “arrangements" had been made and his party was winning the polls. “What were these arrangements?" he asked.

He further alleged a Brazilian model was registered as a voter in Haryana 22 times in at least 10 different booths. Sharing the stock photograph of model Matheus Ferrero, the Congress leader said it could be downloaded for free from a website that deals in stock photos. He added that the woman was listed under different names—“Sweety, Seema, Saraswati"—in voter rolls.

ECI Hits Back

Reacting to Gandhi’s charges, sources in the Election Commission said zero appeals were filed against electoral rolls in Haryana. “Only 22 election petitions are currently pending in the high court against 90 assembly seats," the sources said.

The poll body also questioned what the polling agents of the Congress were doing on polling day. “If someone votes more than 200 times in two booths, why was no objection raised by polling agents of Congress? After the voter list was finalised, a copy of it was given to all parties. Why was the duplicate name issue not flagged? Why was there no appeal? In a secret ballot, how is it being alleged who a voter voted for?"

Shobhit Gupta

Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben...Read More

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