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On November 7, 2025, Rahul Gandhi, India’s Leader of the Opposition, held a press conference accusing the ruling party and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of orchestrating “wholesale vote theft".

He alleged that “chunav chori" had distorted the 2024 Haryana state election and claimed tens of lakhs of votes were improperly cast. The accusations revived a now-familiar pattern in India’s politics: electoral defeat recast as systemic betrayal, and public scepticism mobilised as a political tool.

The sequence has become predictable — lose an election, allege irregularities, disregard court observations or ECI clarifications, and then craft a narrative aimed especially at younger voters less familiar with procedural details.

Such narratives do not strengthen de

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