Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Bandi Sanjay Accuses Congress of Vote and Seat Theft
At a BJP event in Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay Kumar criticized the Congress party.
He said Congress had unfairly changed political outcomes in the past.
As an example, he said party committees preferred Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1946, but Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister.
These are Sanjay’s claims.
He also defended the Election Commission and said disputes about its chief should go to court.
He supported checking voter lists to keep eligible voters and remove ineligible names.
He accused Congress and the BRS of secretly cooperating in Telangana.
The reports do not include responses from Congress or the BRS to these allegations.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar accused Congress of having a history of manipulating votes and political mandates.
He cited the 1946 prime-minister selection process, claiming Pradesh Congress Committees favored Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel but Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed.
Sanjay defended the Election Commission as a constitutional body and urged opponents to challenge Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s conduct in court.
He defended the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as a way to include eligible voters and remove ineligible names.
He alleged Congress and the BRS had an understanding behind the scenes and criticized their positions on land disputes, corruption and Telangana’s six guarantees.
- Who
- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar; he made allegations about Congress and the BRS.
- What
- Sanjay criticized Congress, defended the Election Commission and voter-roll revision, and alleged a behind-the-scenes understanding between Congress and the BRS.
- When
- Wednesday; no calendar date is specified.
- Where
- Karimnagar, Telangana, India.
- Why
- He spoke to the media after participating in a BJP Seva Jyothi event and addressed allegations about vote theft and objections to voter-roll revision.
Opposition Claims and Actions
Bandi Sanjay’s Response
Election allegations
Opposition Claims and Actions
The reports say Congress made allegations of vote theft; the INDIA bloc protested and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Bandi Sanjay’s Response
Sanjay accused Congress of having a history of vote and seat theft and defended the Election Commission as a constitutional body.
Special Intensive Revision
Opposition Claims and Actions
Sanjay questioned Congress’s opposition to the voter-roll revision; the reports do not provide Congress’s full explanation for its position.
Bandi Sanjay’s Response
Sanjay said the revision was meant to retain eligible voters and remove ineligible names.
Congress-BRS relationship
Opposition Claims and Actions
The reports provide no response from Congress or the BRS to Sanjay’s allegations about their conduct or relationship.
Bandi Sanjay’s Response
Sanjay alleged Congress lacked the resolve to act against alleged BRS corruption and that the parties had a behind-the-scenes understanding.
- Speaker
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
- Event
- A Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Sabha and Seva Jyothi rally in Karimnagar
- Historical example cited
- Sanjay claimed Pradesh Congress Committees favored Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1946, but Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed prime minister.
- Election Commission
- Sanjay described it as a constitutional body, not a BJP pocket organisation, and said complaints about the CEC should be taken to court.
- Voter-roll revision
- Sanjay said the Special Intensive Revision was intended to include eligible voters and remove ineligible names.
- Telangana allegations
- Sanjay alleged Congress and the BRS had an understanding and criticized their actions concerning land disputes, alleged corruption and the six guarantees.
- BJP rally
- The rally marked Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public service; Modi and BJP national president Nitin Nabin addressed workers virtually, according to one report.
