{"id":23666,"date":"2025-11-09T16:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/youth-congress-leader-threatens-to-gherao-ec-office-amid-vote-chori-row-bjp-responds-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:36:11","slug":"youth-congress-leader-threatens-to-gherao-ec-office-amid-vote-chori-row-bjp-responds-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/youth-congress-leader-threatens-to-gherao-ec-office-amid-vote-chori-row-bjp-responds-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Congress Leader Threatens To &#8216;Gherao&#8217; EC Office Amid &#8216;Vote Chori&#8217; Row, BJP Responds | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9695150\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">November 09, 2025, 21:55 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9695150\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793 asubttl-schema\">Zeenat Shabrin, the President of Mumbai Youth Congress, threatened to lay siege to the Election Commission amid the &#8220;vote chori&#8221; row.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mumbai Youth Congress President Zeenat Shabrin made the remarks while defending Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' allegations. (Photo: X)\" title=\"Mumbai Youth Congress President Zeenat Shabrin made the remarks while defending Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' allegations. (Photo: X)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Youth Congress President Zeenat Shabrin made the remarks while defending Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s &#8216;vote chori&#8217; allegations. (Photo: X)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">A fresh controversy surfaced after a Youth Congress member threatened to lay siege to the Election Commission of India\u2019s (ECI) office amid the row surrounding Rahul Gandhi\u2019s \u201cvote chori&#8221; allegations, drawing the ire of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Zeenat Shabrin, the President of Mumbai Youth Congress, repeated Rahul Gandhi\u2019s vote theft allegations in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections and called for \u2018gheraoing\u2019 the Election Commission office.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">\u201cWe (Mumbai Youth Congress) have raised awareness in the local trains, the metro and even the vegetable markets. We will not stay silent. If the vote theft is not stopped, we will lay siege to the Election Commission, and take this as a warning,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">The row escalated when a Congress supporter called for setting fire to the ECI office and dragging out Election Commissioners. \u201cThe matter shouldn\u2019t stop just at surrounding them; we should set fire to the Election Commission like this and drag the Election Commissioners out onto the street,&#8221; wrote the Congress supporter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b \u0918\u0947\u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0924\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0930\u0941\u0915\u0928\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f \u0906\u0917 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0906\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u094b \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u0916\u0940\u0902\u091a \u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0906\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dN25HnnmGV\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dN25HnnmGV<\/a>\u2014 Bhavika Kapoor (@BhavikaKapoor5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BhavikaKapoor5\/status\/1987373245671350622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>BJP Attacks Congress Over \u2018Danga Khori\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The BJP reacted sharply to the comments, accusing the Congress of spreading disinformation and inciting riots. \u201cThey are provoking and inciting violence. This shows that it was never about vote chori,&#8221; said BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cThe real intention is how to attack the Constitutional bodies. This is not about ECI, but EMI \u2013 Emergency Mindset of Indira\u2019s Grandson. Rahul Gandhi feels that if he loses an election, then samvidhaan tantra (constitutional system) has to bow before parivaar tantra (family system) and danga tantra (system of riots),&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">The true intent of Congress is exposedThis is not about vote chori butDanga khori<\/p>\n<p>D for distortD for disinformationD for deficit of trustD for danga<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0935\u094b\u091f \u091a\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u0902\u0926 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0924\u094b \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u091a\u0941\u092a \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0928\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947, \u0939\u092e \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0906\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u094b \u0918\u0947\u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947, \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0939 \u091a\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0935\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u092e\u091d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snSK9Ntc2E\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/snSK9Ntc2E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shehzad_Ind\/status\/1987520892445082023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Earlier this month, Rahul Gandhi alleged massive vote fraud in the Haryana Assembly polls last year \u2013 calling it his much-awaited \u201cH-bomb&#8221;. He alleged that 25 lakh votes were stolen in Haryana, which has a total of 2 crore voters. \u201cThis means one in eight voters in Haryana are fake, 12.5 per cent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">One of the most talked-about points of his allegations was the photo of a Brazilian model, accusing the BJP of using her image across several polling booths to cast fake votes. According to Gandhi, the same photograph appeared 22 times across at least 10 different polling booths.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">The event began with the woman\u2019s photograph displayed on screen, captioned, \u201cYeh kaun hai?&#8221; The woman in the photograph, identified as Larissa, a Brazilian model and influencer, has since reacted with disbelief after discovering her image being circulated in Indian political debates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aveek Banerjee\" title=\"Aveek Banerjee\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aveek-banerjee-2024-11-940460633d45861efbabed5737a433a0.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/aveek-banerjee-28106.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Aveek Banerjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master&#8217;s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master&#8217;s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>November 09, 2025, 21:55 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3203384793 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/\">politics<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Youth Congress Leader Threatens To &#8216;Gherao&#8217; EC Office Amid &#8216;Vote Chori&#8217; Row, BJP Responds<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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