Overview
- An open letter released in New Delhi and anchored by Justice S.N. Dhingra and former DGP Nirmal Kaur carries 272 signatures from former judges, senior bureaucrats, diplomats and military veterans.
- The statement criticises Rahul Gandhi’s assertions of a centralised vote-rigging operation and references his claims of having “100 per cent proof” and an “atom bomb,” noting no sworn affidavit has been filed.
- The signatories defend the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision process, saying the methodology has been publicly explained, court-verified, and used to remove ineligible names and add eligible voters.
- The letter characterises opposition rhetoric as “impotent rage” and highlights what it calls selective outrage that surfaces only when election outcomes are unfavourable.
- Context cited by the signatories includes the Supreme Court’s refusal to order an SIT probe into Karnataka roll irregularities and its direction to pursue remedies through the Election Commission.