Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Ramchander Rao Challenges Congress to Prove Vote Deletions
BJP leader N. Ramchander Rao criticized Congress over changes to voter lists.
He said Congress was making misleading claims about the voter-list review.
Rao challenged Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to show an actual vote that was wrongly removed.
He also said Gandhi had no evidence for his claims about “vote theft.”
Rao listed several past events that he described as election wrongdoing by Congress.
These are Rao’s allegations, not findings established in the article.
He asked BJP workers to speak to people about the voter-list review.
He said a clean voter list would be beneficial.
BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao accused Congress of spreading a false narrative about the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
He challenged Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to identify one genuine vote deleted during the revision.
Rao said Congress was claiming that President Droupadi Murmu had acknowledged “vote theft,” and accused Gandhi of making the claim without evidence.
He cited historical episodes that he characterized as election rigging or “vote theft” by Congress, including events from 1952 to 2018.
Rao urged BJP workers to counter Congress’s campaign and explain what he described as the benefits of a clean electoral roll.
- Who
- BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao, Rahul Gandhi, and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
- What
- Rao accused Congress of misleading people about electoral-roll revision and challenged Gandhi and Reddy to show a genuine vote deleted in the process.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- Rao said BJP workers should counter Congress’s claims and explain the benefits of a clean electoral roll.
- Speaker
- N. Ramchander Rao, BJP Telangana president
- Issue
- Congress’s claims about the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
- Challenge
- Rao challenged Rahul Gandhi and A. Revanth Reddy to show one genuine vote deleted during SIR
- Venue
- A meeting of BJP party cell conveners, leaders, office-bearers, and legal and media panellists in Hyderabad
- Rao’s request
- He urged BJP workers to expose what he called Congress’s campaign and explain the benefits of a clean electoral roll
- Historical claims
- Rao cited alleged election-related misconduct by Congress from 1952 through the 2018 Karnataka elections