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Rahul Gandhi's "vote-chori" presser has enactment the spotlight connected a Brazilian woman whose photograph the Congress person claimed appeared aggregate times connected Haryana's elector list, with the Internet abuzz astir her individuality and a video absorption of hers expressing daze astatine the development.
Congress person and the party's societal media head, Supriya Shrinate, shared a video of the woman, identified arsenic Larissa Nery, purportedly reacting to her representation going viral, aft Mr. Gandhi showed it astatine his property league successful New Delhi connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025) and claimed that it was utilized 22 times astatine 10 booths successful the Rai Assembly constituency of Haryana, with names specified arsenic "Seema, Sweety and Saraswati" connected the electoral list.
Media reports quoted the Brazilian pistillate arsenic saying successful the video that the photograph shown astatine the property league is an aged photograph of hers.
"Guys, they are utilizing an aged photograph of mine. It is an aged photo, okay? I was young successful the photo, I was similar 18 oregon 20 years old.... I bash not cognize if it is an predetermination oregon thing astir voting that you person to ballot for. And successful India. Ah! they are portraying maine arsenic Indian to scam people, guys. What madness!" she was quoted arsenic saying, according to a unsmooth translation from Portuguese.
Mr. Gandhi said a "centralised plan" included a Brazilian exemplary whose photograph was utilized 22 times astatine 10 booths successful the Rai constituency during past year's Haryana Assembly polls, utilizing names specified arsenic "Seema, Sweety and Saraswati".
After showing her photograph, Mr. Gandhi asked reporters to conjecture the nationality of the woman.
"So, past guesses, I americium going to springiness a prize if anybody tin conjecture this. Anybody? She is from Brazil. She is simply a Brazilian model. That is simply a banal photograph and she is 1 of 25 lakh specified records successful Haryana. This is impervious of a centralised cognition and I americium going to amusement you — if you conscionable scan [a QR codification that was shown connected a surface with the representation of the Brazilian woman] that, which I volition bash conscionable now, if you scan that, this opens. That is her authoritative page," helium said astatine the presser.
The person of absorption successful the Lok Sabha alleged that the Haryana polls past twelvemonth were "stolen". He cited elector database information to assertion that 25 lakh entries were fake and the Election Commission (EC) colluded with the BJP to guarantee that the enactment won the polls.
Since the property conference, the Brazilian woman's photograph has gone viral, with aggravated speculation astir her identity, assemblage and whereabouts. A fig of memes and satirical posts are besides doing the rounds of societal media, utilizing her image.
