Overview
- An open letter titled 'Assault on National Constitutional Authorities' accuses Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of eroding trust in the Election Commission with 'vote theft' claims lacking formal affidavits.
- The group comprises 16 former judges, 123 retired bureaucrats including 14 ex-ambassadors, and 133 retired armed forces officers, with signatories such as S. N. Dhingra, Sanjeev Tripathi, S. P. Vaid and Lakshmi Puri.
- The letter says the EC has publicly shared its Special Intensive Revision methodology, conducted verification under court-sanctioned processes, removed ineligible names and added eligible voters.
- The statement characterises the attacks as 'impotent rage' tied to electoral setbacks and calls selective criticism of the poll body opportunistic.
- The signatories urge citizens to back the EC, ask the Commission to publish complete data and defend itself through legal channels, and press political leaders to file evidence-backed complaints or desist.