Thanos appears on voter ID in Malegaon, Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over ‘Vote Chori’
Malegaon: In a bizarre incident, a voter ID card carrying the image of Marvel’s fictional villain Thanos has gone viral from Malegaon, Maharashtra, triggering a wave of memes and fresh concerns about irregularities in electoral rolls.
The viral video showed the voter ID listing mismatched details, including an incorrect name, wrong age, and incomplete address. Former Malegaon MLA Asif Shaikh Rashid alleged that his constituency alone recorded more than 6,000 voters without addresses, 3,502 ID cards with tampered photos, and 11,298 duplicate entries.
Social media users turned the episode into a memefest, joking about “aliens entering India’s electoral rolls.” One viral post read, “Forget Avengers, in India even Thanos has to stand in line with Aadhaar and voter ID.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also shared the video on Instagram, captioning it “New voter unlocked for BJP.” The Congress has alleged large-scale manipulation of voter lists across 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, citing duplicate entries, invalid addresses, and bulk registrations. The party has launched ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ campaigns in Bihar to highlight what it calls “vote theft.”
The Election Commission has dismissed these allegations as baseless, demanding formal affidavits or apologies from the Congress. BJP leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, ridiculed the Congress’s campaign, describing it as a “ghuspathiya bachao yatra” or “save the infiltrators rally.”
Dear @elonmusk,
— Congress Kerala (@INCKerala) August 30, 2025
If you ever hold elections on Mars, consider approaching India’s Election Commission, @ECISVEEP. We are already ahead in the game. We gave voting rights to Thanos from Titan, Saturn’s moon. If we can manage Saturn, Mars will be a cakewalk. pic.twitter.com/gZHMMC6GeY
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SC does not interfere with order allowing Adani to acquire JAL, asks NCLAT to decide expeditiously
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday did not interfere with the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had refused to stay Adani Group's Rs 14,535 crore bid to acquire Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL).
The bench, however, restrained the monitoring committee of ailing JAL from taking any major policy decision without a prior nod from the NCLAT.
The top court asked mining giant Vedanta Ltd and successful resolution applicant, Adani Enterprises Ltd, to raise contentions and counterclaims before the NCLAT, which will commence final hearing on the row on April 10.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the NCLAT to decide the plea and the counter petition expeditiously on the dispute over the acquisition of JAL by the Adani group.
Earlier, Vedanta Ltd moved the top court seeking a stay on the order approving Adani Group's Rs 14,535 crore bid to acquire Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL).
Vedanta filed its appeal on March 25, a day after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refused to stay implementation of the plan.
The insolvency appellate tribunal on March 24 declined any interim stay over the Vedanta Group's plea against the order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approving the Adani Group's bid for acquiring JAL.
The NCLAT's two-member bench sought a response from the Committee of Creditors (CoC) of JAL within a week. It also directed to list the matter on April 10 for the next hearing.
Vedanta group was in the race to acquire JAL through an insolvency process, but the lenders in November last year approved the resolution plan of Adani Enterprises Ltd. The NCLT approved the Adani Group's bid.
Challenging the NCLT order, the Vedanta group has filed two appeals before the NCLAT. In the first, it has challenged the validity of the resolution plan, and in the second, it has challenged the approval of the plan by the CoC and the adjudicating authority -- the NCLT.
