PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 20 -- Kenneth John

A man from Prayagraj's Meja claimed that he was being bombarded with constant phone calls after his phone number was made public during a press conference by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday.

Anjani Mishra, 27, who hails from Bhringari Dohariya village in the Meja tehsil, said every caller asked him details about his identity. Mishra, who works as a sales distributor with a rural fintech firm, said he didn't know how his number figured in a voter deletion form in Maharashtra.

Speaking to this reporter, he said he now intended to approach the police as he was being approached by unknown callers after Gandhi's press briefing on alleged vote theft. He said he had owned the phone number for over ...