The Congress will organise torchlight processions on June 12 in Maharashtra to draw people's attention to the "vote theft pattern" of the 2024 polls, which it claimed indicates the credibility of the Election Commission is at stake.
Alleging that BJP leaders are responding to queries directed at the EC, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday (June 7, 2025) wondered whether a similar "vote fraud pattern" is being planned for the upcoming Bihar elections.
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"The credibility of the Election Commission is at stake, and democracy is under threat. To awaken public awareness, the Congress party will organise torchlight processions across Maharashtra on June 12," Mr. Sapkal told a press conference.
His remarks come after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections were a "blueprint for rigging democracy". He alleged in an article in the Indian Express that this poll "match-fixing" would next happen in the Bihar elections and "anywhere the BJP is losing".
