Overview

• Rahul Gandhi has accused the Election Commission of collaborating with the BJP to manipulate assembly election outcomes by adding fictitious voters and excluding legitimate ones.
• The commission has requested a signed affidavit and detailed voter-list data to substantiate Gandhi’s vote-tampering claims.
• Shashi Tharoor endorsed Gandhi’s allegations and demanded that the commission address serious concerns about election credibility.
• Priyanka Gandhi criticized the refusal to provide machine-readable voter rolls and highlighted claims of over 100,000 fraudulent votes.
• The BJP has labeled the accusations as baseless and opposition figures are pressing for transparent data access and an independent inquiry.