In the Haryana elections 2024, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the photograph of a Brazilian woman was used 22 times under different names in the voter list in Rai assembly constituency. Brazil’s Larissa Neri herself expressed surprise at this.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that the photo of a Brazilian model was used for vote theft during the 2024 Haryana elections. He showed a picture on the screen, titled ‘Who is this?’ MP Rahul Gandhi also claimed that he found that the picture of this Brazilian model was used 22 times in 10 booths in Rai Assembly constituency and at some places it was named Seema, at some places Sweety and at some places Saraswati. The name of the woman whom Rahul Gandhi is calling a model is Larissa Neri, who is not a model in reality. Larissa herself has broken her silence on this issue.
Larissa surprised to see her photo in the voter list
When Larissa came to know that her photo was used several times in the voter list of Haryana in India, she was shocked. She broke her silence on this through social media and released a video saying, “Friends, I can’t believe that these people are gossiping. They are using my old picture. At that time I was 18-20 years old. These people are calling me an Indian to cheat. What kind of madness is this. What kind of obsession is this. What kind of world we live in.”
A friend sent a photo to Larissa
Larissa claimed that a report called her in this regard and wanted to know about this claim. She says, “He called me at the salon, at my work. Wanted to talk to me for an interview and I did not answer. That person found my Instagram account and called me there. Then another person, who had nothing to do with it. My friend from another country. He sent me the picture, which I am putting here for you, who need it.”
Nothing to do with Indian politics: Larissa
Larissa further said in her video, “I have nothing to do with politics in India. My photo has either been bought or downloaded from stock platforms and used without my involvement. I have never even been to India.” Finally Larissa says, “I’m not even a model. I’m a hairdresser.” And then she jokingly said that now she is planning to learn some Indian words to greet her Indian followers.
Who is Larissa Neri?
Larissa Neri is from Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil. Runs a salon in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. His photograph, which was used in Haryana’s voter list, was taken by photographer Mathias Ferrero during a project in 2017. However, this picture present on many websites has now been removed from there.