{"id":48092,"date":"2025-08-19T21:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=48092"},"modified":"2025-08-19T21:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:48:16","slug":"bjps-amit-malviya-slams-rahul-gandhi-over-vote-theft-claim-after-lokniti-csds-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/bjps-amit-malviya-slams-rahul-gandhi-over-vote-theft-claim-after-lokniti-csds-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP\u2019s Amit Malviya slams Rahul Gandhi over \u2018vote theft\u2019 claim after Lokniti-CSDS apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: BJP IT department in-charge Amit Malviya on Tuesday criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his allegations of \u201cvote theft\u201d in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. His remarks came after Lokniti-CSDS co-director Sanjay Kumar apologised for an error in the data presented in his X post.<\/p>\n<p>Malviya said Rahul Gandhi had relied on Lokniti-CSDS figures, which were later admitted to be incorrect. Sharing a post on X, Malviya wrote, \u201cThe institution whose data Rahul Gandhi relied upon to defame the voters of Maharashtra has now accepted that its figures were wrong \u2013 not just on Maharashtra but also on SIR. Where has it brought Rahul Gandhi and the Congress to stand? Who shamelessly targeted the Election Commission and went to the extent of calling the real voters fake? Shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further termed Rahul Gandhi\u2019s \u2018Voter Rights Yatra\u2019 in Bihar as a \u201cSave the Infiltrator\u201d yatra and demanded that it be called off. \u201cRahul Gandhi should immediately give up his \u2018Infiltrator Bachao Yatra\u2019 in Bihar and tender an unconditional apology to the people of India for his ruthless and regressive politics,\u201d Malviya wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Lokniti-CSDS co-director Sanjay Kumar apologised on X for the error. \u201cI sincerely apologise for the tweets posted regarding the Maharashtra elections. The error occurred while comparing the data for the 2024 Lok Sabha and the 2024 AS. The data in the queue was misread by our data team. Due to this, the tweet has been removed. I had no intention of spreading any kind of misinformation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: BJP IT department in-charge Amit Malviya on Tuesday criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his allegations of \u201cvote theft\u201d in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. His remarks came after Lokniti-CSDS co-director Sanjay Kumar apologised for an error in the data presented in his X post. 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