Who Is Gurkirat Dang? Does He Have 4 Voter IDs? How's He Linked To Rahul Gandhi's Vote Theft Row?
EC SIR vote theft row: During his presentation, Rahul Gandhi had cited the example of Gurkirat Singh Dang, who he claimed had voted four times in Delhi. Dang has refuted the claims
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, recently began what he called a campaign against alleged 'vote theft" or 'vote chori".
During his presentation to back his claims against the Election Commission (EC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Gandhi cited the example of one Gurkirat Singh Dang, who he claimed had four voter IDs and had voted four times in Delhi. Dang has now come forward, refuting the claims and stirring another political row.
The opposition, led by the Congress, has been protesting against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar. Gandhi at a press meet on August 7 alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls of the recently held polls, saying the poll body was working in collusion with the ruling BJP to destroy the election system in India. The Election Commission has rejected these claims, insisting that the revision exercise was carried out transparently.
Among Gandhi's examples of alleged voter list manipulation was the case of Dang. 'Here is a duplicate voter. There are 11,965 voters of this type. This is a gentleman called Gurkirat Singh Dang. Gurkira Singh Dang appears once, twice, three times, four times in four different polling booths in the constituency. The same name, the same address, the same person for different polling booths. And this is not just one person; this is thousands of people in one assembly," said Gandhi.
What did Gurkirat Singh Dang say? Does he have four voter IDs?
The first to respond to Gandhi's claims was his Dang's sister, Kanandeep Kaur Dang: 'This is my brother, Gurkirat Singh Dang. Rahul Gandhi preaches about our constitutional rights, yet bends laws when it suits him. During his presentation, our privacy was breached, the media circus outside our home was invasive. The hypocrisy is glaring. Hear the truth."
This is my brother, Gurkirat Singh Dang. Rahul Gandhi preaches about our constitutional rights, yet bends laws when it suits him. During his presentation, our privacy was breached, the media circus outside our home was invasive. The hypocrisy is glaring. Hear the truth.— Kanandeep Kaur Dang (@Dangkanandeep) August 12, 2025
She then posted a video of Dang explaining why he got the four IDs and how he does not have them now. 'I challenge Rahul Gandhi to prove that I voted 4 times. Due to rejection issues, four IDs were mistakenly created, but I had applied for their cancellation as per the rules and regulations of the poll body," he said in the video.
'My family is being harassed," Dang claimed, adding, 'I will take legal action against YouTube creators for defaming me".
How Dang's response stirred a political row
The BJP criticised the Congress for 'lying" to the country with alleged false claims.
'Gurkirat Singh Dang, whom Rahul Gandhi had singled out during his presentation on so-called Vote Chori, has hit back, calling him a bad loser and demanding that he produce proof to substantiate the allegation that he voted multiple times," said BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya in an X post.
Gurkirat Singh Dang, whom Rahul Gandhi had singled out during his presentation on so-called Vote Chori, has hit back, calling him a bad loser and demanding that he produce proof to substantiate the allegation that he voted multiple times. This isn't the first time—every claim… pic.twitter.com/iZr089iZCg — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) August 17, 2025
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'This isn't the first time—every claim Rahul Gandhi has made has collapsed under scrutiny. Rahul Gandhi is an industrial-scale LIAR," he added in his post.
The Election Commission of India has been asking Gandhi to either sign a formal declaration for his claims or apologise to the nation. Gandhi, however, has refused to do so claiming that he is citing the EC's data.
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