Congress councilors have refuted allegations of cross-voting, stating that they took an oath to vote for the Congress candidate and that the police pressured them.

Three Congress councilors have issued a written statement refuting allegations of cross-voting in the Kota mayoral election. Ward 21 Councilor Dinesh Goswami, Ward 20 Councilor Ashok Meghwal, and Ward 42 Councilor Siyaram Verma described the allegations related to cross-voting as false, baseless, and misleading. In fact, despite having 39 councilors, Congress's mayoral candidate Sunita Suman received only 35 votes in the mayoral election. This means that Congress...