Shillong, Aug. 10 -- The Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has raised the alarm about potential "vote theft" in the state, citing a six-month investigation into voter rolls in Mahadevapura, Bengaluru.

The party warned that similar manipulation could undermine democracy in Meghalaya's closely contested constituencies.

A 40-member Congress party team found 1,00,250 suspicious or incorrect entries out of approximately 6.5 lakh voters in Mahadevapura. The party stressed that such errors could be decisive in narrow-margin elections.

MPCC secretary Manuel Badwar emphasized that this is not a partisan issue but a fundamental matter of electoral integrity. He stated that the principle of "one person, one vote" is at risk, and flawed ...