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‘Critical to expose Voter Chori': Rahul Gandhi launches website for public support
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday fired a fresh salvo against the ECI by launching a 'Vote Chori' campaign website, seeking public support for his repeated demand for the release of digital voter rolls. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi attached a short video in which he said: 'It is critical that we expose Voter Chori.' Addressing people in Hindi in the video, Rahul Gandhi goes on to urge people to support the campaign whole-heartedly by visiting its website and help stop the Vote Chori (theft of votes) taking place in the country. Calling it a fight for the defence of democracy, Rahul Gandhi wrote on X: 'Vote Chori is an attack on the foundational idea of 'one man, one vote'. A clean voter roll is imperative for free and fair elections.' 'Our demand from the EC is clear - be transparent and release digital voter rolls so that people and parties can audit them. Join us and support our demand - visit or give a missed call on 9650003420,' wrote Rahul Gandhi. At an event in Bengaluru on August 8, Rahul Gandhi demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) provide the electronic voters' list for the past 10 years along with video recordings. He warned that failure to do so would amount to the ECI concealing electoral fraud and a crime. The ECI dismissed Rahul Gandhi's assertions as "baseless", maintaining that it remains committed to conducting elections in a fair, impartial, and transparent manner. The Congress MP's fresh allegation of lapses against the ECI came on the eve of his plan to lead an INDIA bloc march from Parliament House Complex to the office of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Delhi on Monday. Sources said the Opposition bloc MPs will walk the one km distance to the ECI office and have already sought time for the meeting with the Election Commissioners. The same day, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will host a dinner for MPs of the INDIA bloc, sources said, as the opposition alliance intensifies its efforts to present a united front against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged large-scale rigging in polls.
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Emma Thompson reveals how Trump ‘stalked' her, asked for date after her divorce; 'I'd love you to come and stay at…'
Hollywood actress Emma Thompson, who is widely known for her roles in Love Actually and the Harry Potter movie series, claimed that Donald made a phone call to her after 'stalking' her trailer to obtain her number. Emma Thompson further disclosed how Trump got her contact details and why he chose to get in touch. She went on to suggest that Trump wanted to take an advantage of a divorcee.(AP) The revelation comes as the celebrated actress attended the world premiere of her film, The Dead of Winter, and received the Leopard Club Award at the 78th annual Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. On Saturday, she took part in a discussion called 'Conversation with Emma Thompson' as part of the festival's schedule. While reflecting on her career path during this Q&A session, Emma shared a humorous story about Trump when she was working on Mike Nichols' 1998 film Primary Colors. Also Read: Did Trump's White House delete sections on foreign gifts, due process from Congress' Constitution site? Trump called Emma Thompson; 'Maybe we could have dinner' 'I was in my trailer one day while we were making that movie, and the phone rang, and it was Donald Trump,' Emma told the Hollywood Reporter. 'I didn't know the number of the phone. No one had rung me on it before, and I said, 'Hello.' 'Hi, this is Donald Trump here,' and I thought it was a joke. And then I said, 'How can I help you? ,' thinking maybe he needed directions.' Trump's response, according to the Sense and Sensibility star, was, 'I'd love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe we could have dinner.' 'Well, that's very sweet. Thank you so much. I'll get back to you,' she told Trump as per the Mirror US. Emma further disclosed how Trump got her contact details and why he chose to get in touch. She went on to suggest that Trump wanted to take an advantage of a divorcee. 'I realised that on that day, my divorce decree had come through. And I bet he's got people looking for suitable people he could take out on his arm. You know, a nice divorcee, that's what he was looking for.' She went to mention that Trump found her number in a trailer, saying 'that's stalking.' Emma Thompson mocks Trump Poking fun at Trump, she guessed what would have happened if she had agreed to his offer, saying, 'I could have gone on a date with Donald Trump, and then I would have a story to tell. I could have changed the course of American history.' Emma Thompson and actor Kenneth Branagh finalized their divorce following their 1989–1995 marriage. In 2003, she wed Greg Wise. At that time, Trump divorced his second wife, Marla Maples, and wed Melania Trump in 2005.
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‘Vote chori': Karnataka CEO asks Rahul Gandhi to submit proof for allegations related to Mahadevapura
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka on Sunday issued a notice to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi asking him to provide documents to support the allegations of 'vote chori' he had made in New Delhi earlier. The notice was related to one of Gandhi's allegations of electoral malpractice in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment of the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. It referred to the Congress leader's remarks that one Shakun Rani had voted twice during the Lok Sabha polls held last year. 'You have also stated that as per the records given by the polling officer, Smt. Shakun Rani has voted twice. You have said; 'Es ID card per do baar vote lagahai, wo jo tick hai, polling booth ke officer ki hai'. On inquiry, Smt. Shakun Rani has stated that she has voted only once and not twice, as alleged by you,' the notice read. Issued by V Anbukumar, the CEO of Karnataka, it said the 'preliminary enquiry conducted by this office also reveals that the tick marked document shown by you in the presentation is not a document issued by the polling officer. Therefore, you are kindly requested to provide the relevant documents on the basis of which you have concluded that Smt. Shakun Rani or anyone else has voted twice, so that a detailed inquiry can be undertaken by this office.' At a recent news conference, Gandhi alleged that 1,00,250 'fake votes' were created in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment in order to ensure a win for the BJP. He listed five methods in which fake voters were created to give the saffron party an edge. They included duplicate votes, fake and invalid addresses of voters, bulk voters in a single address, invalid photos, and misuse of Form 6. In a protest held at Bengaluru on August 8, he had also urged the Karnataka Government to inquire into the irregularities that allegedly took place during the 2024 polls. Shortly after Gandhi made the allegations, the CEO had asked him to submit his complaint regarding voter roll manipulation 'under oath'. Following a Congress protest on Friday, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar submitted a memorandum to the CEO regarding the irregularities. On Saturday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the law department would investigate the allegations and submit a report soon. Responding to development, former Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali said that Shakun Rani was from Panipat and was living at Purva Apartments. 'She tries to add her name to the voters list with form 5. She gets no response for two months and then she applies again and when she checks the voter list subsequently, she finds her name twice in the same booth,' the BJP leader said in a statement. Limbavali accused Gandhi of misguiding the people by alleging that Rani had voted twice. 'When I checked the roll with my BLA – since we keep these records – we found that a person with the name Shakun Rani had voted only once. We asked her and she told us she had voted only under serial number 1228 in the voter list for booth number 341,' he said.
