KC Venugopal slams ‘vote chori’, calls it threat to India’s integrity

Alappuzha: AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday alleged that “vote chori” poses a threat to India’s integrity, accusing the Centre of manipulating electoral rolls. “The alleged vote chori and manipulation of electoral rolls have shaken people’s faith in the very foundation of democracy,” Venugopal said in a post on X.

The Congress leader joined the party’s nationwide “vote chor, gaddi chhod” (vote thief, give up the seat) signature and door-to-door campaign on the issue. He took part in the campaign in his ward, Kaithavana, in this coastal district on Sunday.

“Vote chori is not an isolated crime, it is part of a larger attack on our Constitution, weakening of our economy, systematic social injustice, and a threat to India’s integrity,” the Alappuzha MP wrote.

Venugopal said the Congress aims to collect five crore signatures across India against what it described as a “blatant assault on democracy.” He added that the campaign is gathering momentum as a people’s movement and urged citizens “to join the struggle to defend the Constitution and save the soul of India.”