Anjani Mishra, a resident of Meja Road, Prayagraj, is said to be upset with the deluge of calls he received since last night after his phone number was used during a press conference by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, regarding charges of "vote theft."
Mishra, who runs a Common Service Centre in Meja tehsil, said in an interview with PTI on Friday, "Since yesterday evening, I have received over 300 calls asking about vote theft. I am fed up with these calls and will soon file a police complaint against Rahul Gandhi."
He said, "I have been using this mobile number for the last 15 years, and I don't know how Rahul Gandhi shared my number at his press conference. Now, my mobile phone has become a problem for me."
On Thursday, stepping up his attack over suspected manipulation of votes, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those who "destroyed democracy." He substantiated his assertion by citing figures from a Karnataka assembly constituency, charging that votes of Congress cadres were being systematically removed.
The Election Commission rejected these charges as "incorrect and baseless," saying, "No erasure of any vote can be performed online by anyone from the public, as misunderstood by Gandhi."
In his continued attack on the poll panel, Gandhi, the Lok Sabha LoP, asked the Election Commission to put an end to shielding "vote chors" and furnish the information sought by the Karnataka CID in a week, as part of their probe into voter deletions.
"If not, it will be known for certain that it is party to the 'killing of the Constitution'," Gandhi alleged in a press conference at Congress' Indira Bhawan headquarters in New Delhi.
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