Congress leader Pawan Kheda targeted the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dnyanesh Kumar of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Pawan Kheda said that he did not answer our question related to 1 lakh voters of Mahadevpura Assembly in Karnataka and on the demand for CCTV footage related to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, CEC says that after 45 days, giving footage dissolves the privacy of voters.

Congress leader Pawan Kheda, who visited Sasaram in Bihar, reacted to the question asked about the press conference of the Election Commission on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Election Commission Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said in a press conference held in Delhi on Sunday (August 17), “The Election Commission is neither in favor of anyone nor in anyone’s opposition. We are completely fair.”

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Reacting to the statement of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Pawan Kheda said, “CEC Gyanesh Kumar gave any reply about the one lakh voters of Mahadevpura Assembly in Karnataka in his press conference that we have revealed at all.” He said, “When you do not want to share CCTV footage with anyone, then why do you make CCTV footage. There is no answer on this either.”

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– ANI (@ani) August 17, 2025

PM Target at Modi too

At the same time, during this time, Congress leader Pawan Kheda also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pawan Kheda told ANI, “The Prime Minister is sitting to do the rhetoric. The person sitting on the constitutional post is not able to directly answer the selected questions. They too come down on the furnace. So it can be understood that how much is hiding.

He said, “We had expected that today CEC Gyanesh Kumar will answer our questions. Why doesn’t the privacy be disturbed inside? “

It seemed that not the election commissioner, a BJP leader is speaking- Pawan Kheda

He lashed out at Chief Election Commissioner Dnyanesh Kumar and said, “He held a wonderful press conference today, listening to his eyes and it seemed that a BJP leader was speaking.” At the same time, on the question of verification of BLO, he said, “Whether you are doing your work or not, who will answer Mahadevpura?

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Rahul gandhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi held a serious discussion with the leaders of the opposition India alliance regarding the alleged electoral rigging in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. For this purpose, a special dinner meeting was held at Rahul Gandhi’s residence on Tuesday night, in which more than 50 leaders from about 25 parties of India block attended.

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal), Siddaramaiah (Karnataka) and Revanth Reddy (Telangana) were also present in the meeting. In this informal meeting, Rahul Gandhi told the opposition leaders through a detailed presentation how the voting process was fraudulent.

‘Large scale fake names in voter list’

Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi said that Rahul Gandhi presented examples of fake names included in the voter list. He said, “Today Rahul ji told the evidence of how voting was disturbed. Many leaders had questions on this, which was also discussed in detail.” He also said that the meeting was not formal, but was a medium of discussion on issues while eating together, in which the leaders openly expressed their views.

Decision of March till Election Commission on August 11
After the meeting, an important decision was taken that all the leaders of India alliance will march till the Election Commission on August 11. This march will be a joint protest against the election rigging.

Rahul Gandhi made serious allegations against Election Commission
Earlier in the day, while holding a press conference at the Congress headquarters, Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of working in favor of BJP. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in power by winning 25 Lok Sabha seats with a margin of less than 33 thousand votes.

Giving the example of Bangalore Central seat in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi said that more than 1 lakh fake votes were made in Mahadevpura assembly constituency. He claimed that such manipulation affected the results and the Congress was denied the expected victory.

These parties join
The list of parties involved in this important meeting was as follows: Congress, National Conference (NC), PDP, RLP, SP, RJD, VIP, CPI, CPM, CPI (ML), Forward Block (FB), JMM, Trinamool Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar Gut), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray Gut), DM, VCK, RSP, IUML, Kerala Congress (M), K Congress (J), MNM, MDMK, KMDK and PWK.