Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that the examples of fake voters cited by Rahul Gandhi highlighted the need for conducting the SIR. He stressed the importance of factoring in migration and deaths that have occurred within a constituency over the years to ensure that only eligible voters can exercise their franchise.

• Piyush Goyal said politics should not be based on lies
• The Union Minister stressed the need for the SIR to ensure voter eligibility
• He urged respect for poll body and warned against spreading fake narratives

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday tore into Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's "false allegations" on voter theft and fake voters in at least three states, saying that "politics can't be based on lies".

Speaking at a session during the Business Today India@100 Summit, Goyal said the senior Congress leader "can't gain the nation's trust by running down India's institutions".

In recent days, the Congress MP has upped the ante against the Election Commission, levelling voter fraud claims even after the poll body fact-checked him several times.

The Election Commission on Friday cited a 2018 case in which a similar fake voter complaint filed by Congress leader Kamal Nath fell flat in the Supreme Court, as the poll body had already shared the rectified voter list with the party four months before the plea was filed.

Building on this, Goyal said that the examples of fake voters cited by Rahul Gandhi highlighted the need for conducting the...

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