‘Vote chori’ row: Congress cites Rajmohan Gandhi to rebut Amit Shah’s claim against Nehru

The Congress connected Friday (December 12, 2025) termed Home Minister Amit Shah's "vote chori" complaint against Jawaharlal Nehru arsenic a "blatant lie" arsenic helium cited eminent historian-author Rajmohan Gandhi's comments that radical were precise blessed with Nehru becoming the Prime Minister and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel himself was successful favour of it.

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Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared connected X a video clip of Mr. Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, successful which helium clarifies that the Pradesh Congress Committee's (PCC) had batted for Patel to beryllium the Congress president successful 1946 and determination was nary question of Prime Ministership astatine the time.

"The eminent historian-author and ex-MP Rajmohan Gandhi exposes 1 blatant prevarication told by the Union Home Minister successful the Lok Sabha," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.

“Rajmohan's paternal gramps was Mahatma Gandhi portion his maternal gramps was C. Rajagopalachari,” Mr. Ramesh pointed retired and shared the implicit 13-minute clip of Rajmohan Gandhi.

"Thousands of radical who went to jailhouse for the Quit India question were released successful 1945. Maulana Azad was the Congress president since the Ramgarh league of the Congress successful 1940. Since truthful galore radical went to jailhouse the question of electing a caller president did not travel up and the Congress had besides been banned," Mr. Rajmohan said.

So Maulana Azad continued arsenic president and successful 1946, the question of electing a caller president arose, Mr. Rajmohan said. "The question astir who would beryllium the Prime Minister was not there. People knew that India would execute state soon but determination was nary statement reached betwixt the British and the Indians side," helium said.

"There was a signifier that each PCC utilized to enactment guardant a sanction that this idiosyncratic should beryllium made a president. And if 3-4 names utilized to travel past each of these names were enactment earlier [Mahatma] Gandhi ji and helium utilized to accidental 'let america springiness a accidental to this person' and radical utilized to hold with him mostly," Mr. Rajmohan said.

“The idiosyncratic chosen by [Mahatma] Gandhi was unanimously decided arsenic the adjacent president of the Congress,” Mr. Rajmohan said. "I don't accidental this was a bully method but this was being followed astatine that time," helium said.

“When successful 1946, the question of presidentship arose galore PCCs forwarded the sanction of Sardar Patel that helium should beryllium made president and two-three PCCs besides enactment guardant the sanction of Acharya Kriplani, but cipher enactment guardant the sanction of Nehru,” Mr. Rajmohan said.

"D.P. Mishra of Jabalpur has written successful his publication that erstwhile 'we enactment guardant the sanction of Patel, 'we did not person Prime Ministership successful mind'," Mr. Rajmohan said. “Patel had been president conscionable erstwhile successful 1931, portion Nehru was president 1929, 1936 and 1937,” helium pointed out.

"Patel was 14 years older to Nehru, his wellness was besides not bully and had a monolithic relation successful the Quit India movement. So galore radical thought that they would springiness Patel honour by making him the president but determination was nary thought astir making him the PM," Mr. Rajmohan said.

“Gandhi ji told Patel and Kriplani to instrumentality backmost their names and they instantly did so. When the moving committee was sitting, they [working committee members] lone projected that Nehru beryllium made president,” Mr. Rajmohan said.

“When statement was made with the British, Nehru was the Congress president and was invited to signifier the government,” Mr. Rajmohan said.

"If Congress leaders would person wanted Patel to go PM past astatine slightest immoderate paper would person reported it that they were unhappy with Nehru becoming PM. There would person been solution that 'we are disappointed that Patel could not go PM'. If communal radical wanted Patel to go the PM past their views would person been reflected astatine slightest somewhere," Mr. Rajmohan said.

"People were precise blessed with Nehru becoming PM and Sardar Patel himself was successful favour of it," Mr. Rajmohan said. "Sardar Patel died successful December 1950 but successful October, helium had made a code successful Indore successful which helium said Nehru becoming PM is precise bully for the state and Gandhi ji's determination that helium becomes Congress president and aboriginal PM was the close one," helium said.

The Congress connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) rebutted Mr. Shah's "vote chori" complaint against Nehru, saying the assertion that helium was made the Prime Minister contempt Patel being the fashionable prime is simply a "lie" and a "figment of imagination".

Intervening successful the statement connected predetermination reforms successful the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025), Mr. Shah cited 3 instances of alleged "vote chori" by Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. "So, 28 votes went to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and 2 were formed successful favour of Jawaharlal Nehru. But Nehru ji ended up being the Prime Minister," helium had said, prompting an uproar successful the Opposition benches.