Overview

• The Election Commission and chief electoral officers in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Haryana have declined to investigate Rahul Gandhi’s vote-theft allegations without a sworn affidavit under Rule 20 and the names of alleged fake electors.
• Rahul Gandhi has refused to submit the declaration, citing his parliamentary oath, and led street protests in Bengaluru to maintain public pressure on the poll body.
• BJP media cell chief Amit Malviya and other party leaders have denounced Gandhi’s failure to formalize his claims as political theatre that undermines the commission’s credibility.
• Tejashwi Yadav faces an August 8 deadline to respond to an ECI notice over alleged dual EPIC cards or risk potential legal action.
• The Supreme Court’s directive sets an August 9 deadline for the ECI to explain its special intensive revision that removed 65 lakh voters from Bihar’s rolls.