Rahul Gandhi in Parliament on "Vote Chori": A Deliberately Misleading Newspaper Headline

[Sukla Sen]

(For the screenshot of the newspaper headline: <https://x.com/i/status/1999328179132203211>.)

Here's a telling clip from the speech of the LOP -- who also happens to be the very spearhead of the anti "Vote Chori" / SIR campaign nationwide: <https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Fr19CcGXz/> (or, alternatively, 2:12 to 5:38 mins. of <https://youtu.be/s1yElTua1JY>).

Herein above, Rahul Gandhi most emphatically asserts that "Vote Chori" is "the biggest anti-national act" as it is going to destroy the very "fabric of India". And then goes on to substantiate/illustrate his allegation that "Vote Chori" is a collaborative project being jointly executed by the incumbent regime and the Election Commission of India.

In conclusion, in rather too few words, pretty pointedly demands that a package of four corrective measures be immediately implemented in order to undo the"Vote Chori" project.

The demands are as under:

1. Voter lists be provided to political parties in easily usable, machine-readable form well before polling.

2. CCTV footage should not be destroyed automatically; the revised directive allowing this be reversed.

3. Electronic Voting Machine architecture be opened to scrutiny by the political parties to ensure its integrity.

4. Legal immunity for election commissioners be revoked so that they cannot hide behind protections if they have enabled wrongdoing.

So, here, Rahul Gandhi has not even talked of going back to the ballot boxes let alone demanding it. Rather he has forcefully asked for implementing a direly needed measure to ensure the integrity of the electronic voting system. 

(That's, in fact, the very opposite of going back to the ballot boxes.)

Thus the caption of the front-page report of the parliamentary debate by a leading national newspaper -- claiming to be holding aloft the banner of fearless and righteous Journalism -- is just not misleading, it's outright mischievous too. Presumably, designed to derail the campaign or, at the very least, sow confusion in the minds of the ordinary campaigners.

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