Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived at the ‘Vote Adhikaar Rally’ being held at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Friday.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar, along with other party leaders, are present at the rally, which has been held to protest the alleged vote theft.

Tight police security measures have been implemented around Freedom Park, where the protest is taking place

Earlier in the day, doubling down on his ‘vote theft’ claim, Rahul Gandhi said that times would change and punishment would surely be meted out to those who were involved in the “scam”.

“Vote theft is not just an electoral scam, it is a major betrayal committed against the Constitution and democracy. Let the nation’s culprits hear this – times will change, punishment will surely be meted out,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.