Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the slogan ‘vote chor, gaddi chhod’ (vote thief, vacate your seat of power) has proved across the country and the party will establish it in “more dramatic ways”. Gandhi is in Uttar Pradesh for a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, Raebareli. He reached Lucknow’s Chowdhury Charan Singh airport earlier in the day where he was received by Congress state president Ajai Rai and other senior leaders.

Talking to reporters before entering an event venue, Gandhi said, “The main slogan is ‘vote chor, gaddi chhod’ and that is being proved across the country. We will prove it again and again in more and more dramatic ways.” Gandhi, speaking at a programme with party workers from Harchandpur Vidhan Sabha in Dedauli, referred to alleged instances of vote theft in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The Congress leader said that there was “black and white” evidence of vote theft in the Maharashtra and Karnataka assembly elections, which were held after the Lok Sabha polls.