Just days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi showcased “House Number 0” entries in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura constituency as proof of a “grand conspiracy” in the voter list, a Times Now Navbharat investigation has found similar anomalies in his own parliamentary seat of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.
According to the report, Rae Bareli’s Assembly voter rolls feature multiple entries with “House Number 0” and addresses where dozens of voters are registered. One address has 27 voters, while two others list 18 voters each, patterns strikingly similar to the cases Rahul had called “evidence of electoral fraud” in BJP-won seats.
Rae Bareli has long been a Congress bastion, represented for years by Sonia Gandhi and now by Rahul himself. The revelation raises an uncomfortable question: if such voter list patterns signal fraud in constituencies held by political rivals, what do they indicate in Rahul Gandhi’s own backyard?
Electoral experts, however, caution against jumping to conclusions. They note that “House Number 0” is common in rural areas where homes lack official numbering. Likewise, multiple voters at the same address often occur in joint families, shared housing, or rented properties, especially in semi-urban and rural India.
Ironically, the Election Commission’s Summary Intensive Revision (SIR) process, designed to correct such inaccuracies, has faced opposition from Rahul Gandhi. Despite being invited to file a written complaint regarding the anomalies he highlighted, Rahul has refused to do so.
In his press conference last week, Rahul claimed that one address in Mahadevapura, Karnataka, had 80 voters registered, a figure he linked to organised electoral fraud. But local Booth Level Officer Muniratna clarified that the address in question was a rented property with frequently changing tenants. Voter entries remained on the rolls when residents moved away, and the Election Commission has already listed such names for removal.
Now, similar circumstances appear in Rae Bareli:
- House No. 8: 27 registered voters
- House No. 80: 18 registered voters
- House No. 4: 18 registered voters
What began as Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to accuse the Election Commission of bias and the BJP of voter manipulation may now have backfired. The same “evidence” he used to claim fraud against others exists in his own constituency, suggesting that such anomalies may be systemic administrative overlaps rather than deliberate vote-rigging.
