Rahul Gandhi questions Maharashtra election results: 'One building in Shirdi added 7,000 voters'

Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday raised doubts on the outcome of the recently held Maharashtra assembly election during a debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Lok Sabha.

“Almost 70 lakh new voters were added to Maharashtra's electoral rolls between Lok Sabha and assembly elections. That's as much as the population of Himachal Pradesh. In a single building in Shirdi, over 7,000 voters were added. There is something problematic in all this,” said Gandhi.

The Congress leader said he wanted to share some and information about the Maharashtra elections. "“Population of Himachal Pradesh extra has voted in Maharashtra. Interestingly, all new voters are in the constituencies where BJP has won,” he alleged.

Gandhi alleged that prior to the Lok Sabha polls,  the election commissioner was changed and two new were placed. "These are facts not things that I am changing. The entire opposition requests the data for the Maharashtra elections. And I am confident that the EC will not give us this data," he said.