New Delhi: The controversy surrounding alleged electoral malpractice in India has intensified. Following voter fraud accusations initially involving a Brazilian model’s photograph, an Indian woman has now become the focal point of the ongoing dispute. Photos showing this woman allegedly casting votes in two different states have added fuel to the ‘fake voting’ allegations.
According to Indian media reports, the woman is purportedly shown voting first in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Pune (Maharashtra) and subsequently in the ongoing 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. The images showing the same woman casting ballots in two distinct geographical locations have raised serious new questions about the integrity of the electoral process.
Two separate posts from a user named ‘Urmi’ on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) have surfaced. In a May 13, 2024 post, she claimed to have voted for the development of Pune and a ‘Modi-fied India.’ In another post dated November 6, 2025, the same woman wrote about voting for ‘Modi-fied India’ in Bihar. Both images show the woman displaying the indelible ink mark on her finger, yet they pertain to two different elections and states.
The emergence of these posts has caused an uproar on social media. Several Congress leaders have shared the screenshots as evidence supporting their claims of vote theft by the BJP, while some social media users maintain that the woman’s second post was intended as satire.
This incident follows a separate controversy from a few days prior, where a Brazilian model’s photograph was widely discussed amid claims of her fraudulent registration under 22 different names in the voter list. The Brazilian woman later clarified via video message that the picture was old and that she had no connection to Indian politics or the alleged propaganda.
