{"id":29900,"date":"2026-09-28T14:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29900"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:57:18","slug":"only-one-of-728-remains-rahuls-new-charge-against-ec-over-delhis-bela-estate-voter-list-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29900","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Only one of 728 remains&#8217;: Rahul&#8217;s new charge against EC over Delhi&#8217;s Bela Estate voter list | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134545480,imgsize-1165317,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/congress-leader-rahul-gandhi-pti-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"'Only one of 728 remains': Rahul's new charge against EC over Delhi's Bela Estate voter list\" title=\"Rahul Gandhi\u2019s fresh charge against EC over Bela Estate voter list\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rahul Gandhi\u2019s fresh charge against EC over Bela Estate voter list\">Rahul Gandhi\u2019s fresh charge against EC over Bela Estate voter list<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rahul-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi<\/a> on Monday again targeted the Election Commission and CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing the case of Delhi\u2019s Bela Estate, where he claimed 727 of 728 names were removed from the voter list.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Sharing a video of his phone call with the SDM over the SIR exercise on X, the Rae Bareli MP wrote, &#8220;728 people live in Bela Estate on the banks of the Yamuna. After SIR, only one name remains in the voter list &#8211; the other 727 names have been struck off.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>He said the residents had been living in the area for decades and had voted in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;In 2023, their homes were demolished &#8211; but they didn&#8217;t go anywhere, they&#8217;re still right here,&#8221; Rahul said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Rahul said he visited the residents in their jhuggis and heard directly from them about what they alleged had happened during the SIR exercise.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>He said he also spoke to the SDM over the issue. &#8220;On the phone with the SDM, I said exactly this &#8211; having a house or not has no connection to the right to vote. CEC Gyanesh Kumar himself has said that &#8220;House Number 0&#8243; is for the homeless. Yet, 727 people&#8217;s names have been struck off,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Former Congress president further criticised the SIR exercise, calling it &#8220;a method of vote theft&#8221; and alleging that it was taking away the only political power available to some of the country&#8217;s poorest citizens.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He also targeted chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid a controversy over an Indian Express report on alleged differences between the CEC and the other two election commissioners.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>&#8220;Gyanesh Kumar will go. But the system that made him do this will also have to answer,&#8221; Rahul said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/only-one-of-728-remains-rahuls-new-charge-against-ec-over-delhis-bela-estate-voter-list\/articleshow\/134545400.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rahul Gandhi\u2019s fresh charge against EC over Bela Estate voter list NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday again targeted the Election Commission and CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing the case of Delhi\u2019s Bela Estate, where he claimed 727 of 728 names were 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