BJP Rally Against Congress on 'Vote Theft' Claims

11 UPDATES · 21 DAYS · 13 DEC 2025 — 2 JAN 2026

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Suvendu Adhikari, BJP leader, predicts Trinamool Congress defeat in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections based on the SIR process and voter list deletions.

What this timeline covers

This event covers the Congress rally at Ramlila Maidan on December 14th, including reactions, analyses, and follow-up developments related to their campaign against alleged election rigging; it excludes other actions by the Congress party, such as separate rallies or events, unless they are direct developments of this specific occurrence.

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13Dec

STORY BEGINS — The Hindu

Congress to hold rally at Ramlila Maidan on December 14 to put Govt, EC in dock over 'vote theft'

14Dec

The Hindu

Attempt to shield ‘infiltrators’: BJP ahead of Congress’s rally against ‘vote theft’

15Dec

The Hindu

The Congress accused the ruling party of electoral fraud, claiming to have collected six crore signatures, but Omar Abdullah refuted these allegations, stating the INDIA bloc is not involved.

16Dec

The Hindu

The Union Minister of the Rajya Sabha defended the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, arguing it ensures no eligible voter is excluded.

21Dec

The Hindu

Economist Parakala Prabhakar asserts that India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll is a deliberate attempt to alter the nation's demographic makeup.

24Dec

The Hindu

A political dispute arose in West Bengal after BJP MP Shantanu Thakur suggested removing 100,000 Matua voters from the electoral roll during the SIR exercise.

27Dec

The Hindu

The BWCSC (Executive) Officers’ Association has raised concerns about the Election Commission of India's draft electoral rolls, which saw over 58 lakh voters deleted without proper due process.

28Dec

The Hindu

A Sabar Institute study found that a significant number of Matua voters were deleted from electoral rolls during the SIR process in West Bengal.

30Dec

The Hindu

Congress members accuse the ECI of arbitrary changes to the SIR process in 12 states, citing discrepancies in voter identification software and lack of training for BLOs.

31Dec

The Hindu

The Trinamool Congress delegation protested alleged irregularities in West Bengal's SIR electoral rolls, demanding hearings and clarification on discrepancies affecting 1.36 crore voters.

2026

2Jan

LATEST UPDATE — The Hindu

Suvendu Adhikari, BJP leader, predicts Trinamool Congress defeat in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections based on the SIR process and voter list deletions.

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