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Vote Chori Row: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's fresh attack on the Election Commission of India intensified the ongoing politics over the alleged 'vote chori' amid crucial Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday. A day after Gandhi's 'H-Files' bomb explosion to attack the poll body, the heat crossed the border and thousands of kilometres away, Brazil, as a Brazilian photographer, whose image went viral after the 'H-Files' presser, was trolled on social media, prompting him to delete his Instagram account.

The photographer Matheus Ferrero from Belo Horizonte had clicked photo of a woman in 2017, which is being circulated on social media. Ferrero said he shared the picture online with the model's consent, with titled “Woman Wearing Blue Denim Jacket". The picture was uploaded to stock photography sites like Unsplash and Pexels, where it was freely available for download. According to the photographer, the picture has since been downloaded more than four lakh times and widely used by various publications.

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Now, Ferrero is being harassed on social media after his clicked photo became the centre of a political storm in India. Gandhi claimed that the photo of the woman was used for large-scale voter fraud. The Congress leader said the same image appeared on multiple voter IDs in Haryana. The photographer found himself trending on Indian social media, with several users even mistaking him for the woman in the picture.

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While speaking to local Brazilian media, Ferrero claimed that his social media accounts were hacked and that he saw a surge in comments from unknown people. I deleted by Instagram account he added.

Rahul Gandhi's Presser Exposed India's Biggest Electoral Fraud: Jairam

Moments after Gandhi's Presser, the Congress said his press conference has exposed India's "biggest electoral fraud" and slammed the Election Commission, saying the poll body that stays "asleep" on hate-filled speeches suddenly becomes active in removing genuine voters from the electoral roll and adding fake ones.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh claimed that the revision of voter list is actually "vote theft". Ramesh's remarks came after Gandhi, at a press conference here, claimed that the Haryana assembly polls last year were "stolen". Reacting to Gandhi's remarks, Election Commission officials said his charge is "unfounded" as no appeals were filed against the electoral rolls in Haryana.

In his post on X, Ramesh said, "Rahul Gandhi's press conference has exposed India's biggest electoral fraud. 25 lakh fake voters in Haryana -- prepared with the full knowledge of the BJP and the silent consent of the Election Commission." "The Modi-Shah model is clear: when public support isn't forthcoming, just change the voter list itself," the Congress leader said. "The same Election Commission that stays asleep on hate-filled speeches suddenly becomes active in removing genuine voters from the list and adding fake ones. This isn't a revision of the voter list, it's vote theft," Ramesh said.
(With PTI inputs)

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