{
  "id": 12319074,
  "title": "‘Did Rahul and Sonia Gandhi win elections through vote chori’: BJP as poll process row intensifies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/did-rahul-and-sonia-gandhi-win-elections-through-vote-chori-bjp-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T06:26:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/did-rahul-and-sonia-gandhi-win-elections-through-vote-chori-bjp-as-poll-process-row-intensifies-101791266052956.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The BJP has intensified its criticism of the Congress over alleged irregularities in the election process, demanding that opposition leaders clarify if they won their elections through \"vote chori\". BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra questioned whether governments in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Himachal Pradesh were formed through alleged vote theft, pointing out that both Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi had won their seats in the Lok Sabha, suggesting they too may have benefited from such irregularities. The BJP accused the Congress of falsely accusing the Election Commission of India and the process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and claimed these allegations were an attempt to create \"anarchy\". Gandhi had alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar unilaterally altered Form 6, a voter registration form, which the Supreme Court later ruled was illegal. The BJP denied these claims, stating that the SIR order was unanimously decided by all three Election Commissioners on June 24, 2025, and was legally validated by the Supreme Court on May 27, 2026. The Congress party was accused of trying to create distrust in public institutions and constitutional bodies, and Patra asked Gandhi to explain why his party was celebrating its own electoral victories using the same electoral machinery it criticized.",
  "summary": "BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked if the governments in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh were formed through the alleged vote theft.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "'Modified' form 6 row: Why is Rahul Gandhi training his guns on Gyanesh Kumar, what SC said and how EC responded",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/modified-form-6-row-why-is-rahul-gandhi-training-his-guns-on-gyanesh",
        "published": "2026-10-06T04:32:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}