Rahul drops 'atom bomb' of allegations, but can't produce single explosive proof: BJP MP PC Mohan
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (PTI): Rahul Gandhi drops an "atom bomb" of allegations, but can't produce a single explosive proof, BJP MP of Bangalore Central parliamentary constituency, P C Mohan, said on Thursday.
It is in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment of his constituency, Congress leader claims, that 1,00,250 votes were "stolen".
Mohan said, BJP won in Mahadevapura, a Hindu-dominated segment, because Hindus voted decisively against dynasty, appeasement, and entitlement.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi cited an analysis of data from Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency to make claims of "huge criminal fraud" in 2024 polls, perpetrated by the BJP through the Election Commission.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said that the Congress analysed the voter data of the Lok Sabha constituency of Bangalore Central and the Mahadevapura Assembly segment in it. He claimed that approximately 1,00,250 votes were "stolen" in the Mahadevapura assembly segment.
"Rahul Gandhi drops an atom bomb of allegations, but still can't produce a single explosive proof. If 1,00,250 votes were stolen in Mahadevapura, why wasn't a case filed in court within 45 days instead of holding a press conference one year later? This is just another drama," Mohan said.
Noting that electoral rolls are prepared as per the Representation of the People (RP) Act, 1950, and the Rules,1960, in a series of posts on 'X', he said, "Draft rolls (Special Summary Revision 2024) were shared with Congress in November 2024. Not a single appeal was filed after the final publication. Now, after losing Bangalore Central, they cry at a press conference about vote theft."
By alleging 1,00,250 votes were stolen in Mahadevapura, Rahul Gandhi has insulted the people of Bangalore Central, especially thousands of Hindus who voted for the BJP, the MP said, "To him, any minority-heavy seat must belong to Congress. The problem is not fraud. The problem is the verdict."
"Rahul Gandhi is alleging 1,00,250 votes were stolen in Mahadevapura, a Hindu-dominated seat, not in Shivajinagar, which is minority-dominated. When Hindus vote BJP, it's called fraud. When minorities vote Congress, it's called secularism. This hypocrisy won't fool voters anymore," he said.
Let's be clear, BJP didn't win Mahadevapura through manipulation, Mohan said, "We won because Hindus voted decisively against dynasty, appeasement, and entitlement. Rahul Gandhi must learn: minority-dominated constituencies are not Congress property. The voter is supreme. Accept the mandate."
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, earlier in the day, Gandhi cited that in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP secured 6,58,915 votes in the Bangalore Central seat, winning with a margin of 32,707.
"In the Mahadevapura assembly segment, the Congress received 1,15,586 votes, whereas the BJP garnered 2,29,632 votes.
"The Congress won all the Vidhan Sabhas except Mahadevapura, where the BJP swept and secured a victory margin of 1,14,046 votes. This seat significantly contributed to their election win, and the Lok Sabha result went in their favour on that seat," he said.
"This discrepancy is a huge imbalance. So, we (Congress) started examining the details and discovered that approximately 1,00,250 votes were stolen in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment," he claimed.
Rahul alleged there was a "theft" of 1,00,250 votes in the Mahadevapura segment, with 11,965 duplicate voters in the segment, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters or single address voters, 4,132 voters with invalid photos and 33,692 voters misusing Form 6 of new voters.
Rahul Gandhi drops an “atom bomb” of allegations, but still can’t produce a single explosive proof. If 1,00,250 votes were stolen in Mahadevapura, why wasn’t a case filed in court within 45 days instead of holding a press conference one year later? This is just another drama. pic.twitter.com/eNyKv0fZRc
— P C Mohan (@PCMohanMP) August 7, 2025
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
