Siddaramaiah defends Rahul on ‘Vote Chori’ claims; slams misuse of EC-linked survey

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defended Rahul Gandhi, accusing media and BJP of misrepresenting an administrative survey to discredit voter list manipulation allegations. He stated the survey, conducted before Gandhi's claims, assessed voter awareness, not electoral integrity, and its small sample size makes its findings statistically indefensible.