India, Aug. 8 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that he had lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections because of "bogus votes".

Addressing the Congress's 'Vote Adhikar Rally' in Bengaluru's Freedom Park, Mallikarjun Kharge launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging "vote theft".

"The current government is a government of theft. Modi is making this country cry with bogus votes. I had said this in 2019. In my entire life, I lost in the 2019 elections, I also lost because of bogus votes, which has now come to light," news agency ANI quoted Kharge as saying.

After winning 11 consecutive elections (nine assembly and two Lok Sabha elections), the Congress veteran ...