HYDERABAD, Nov 14: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned the validity of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, alleging that 14 crore people who voted in the polls were later treated as non-existent voters or people who did not vote.
Addressing the Bharat Sammelan here, Gandhi alleged that the Election Commission had classified the voters in this manner.
He asked how the 2024 election could be considered valid if the Election Commission had declared 14 crore voters invalid or as people who did not vote. He said the figure accounted for around 13 per cent of the country's total electorate.
Gandhi alleged that changes in India's electoral system had begun after the 2014 Lok Sabha election. He said the entry of large amounts of money into politics had changed the electoral environment.
He also alleged links between the BJP and large business groups, and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's association with industrialist Gautam Adani. Gandhi claimed that the BJP's assets had increased 11-fold over 10 years.
