Karnal, Nov. 21 -- Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Rao Narendra Singh on Thursday backed leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi's claim that one in every eight votes in Haryana was fake and around 25 lakh votes were stolen.

The PCC president was leading a protest march in Kaithal against alleged 'vote theft'. The march, held from Jawahar Park to Navgrah Chowk, was joined by AICC general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala, Haryana co-incharge Prafull Gudde, MLAs Aditya Surjewala (Kaithal), Devender Hans (Guhla) and Vikas Saharan (Kalayat).

Following the protest, the Congress party also submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India to the sub-divisional magistrate.

Addressing the gathering, Rao Narend...