Overview

• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has ordered Rahul Gandhi to submit a sworn affidavit under the Representation of the People Act within seven days or apologise, warning that otherwise his vote-theft claims will be deemed invalid.
• At a New Delhi press conference, the CEC rejected allegations of mass voter manipulation and defended the Special Intensive Revision process while citing legal and privacy constraints on sharing machine-readable rolls and polling footage.
• Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of selective enforcement after pointing out that BJP leaders who made similar fraud claims were not asked to file affidavits.
• Floor leaders of the INDIA bloc agreed to prepare an impeachment motion against Gyanesh Kumar, underscoring their protest even though they currently lack the two-thirds majority needed for removal.
• As part of their campaign, Rahul Gandhi launched a 1,300 km Voter Adhikar Yatra through Bihar and the opposition announced it will boycott a special Lok Sabha debate on astronaut Shukla’s space mission.