Overview

• The IAS Officers’ Association called the online targeting of the Chief Election Commissioner’s relatives unwarranted and unrelated to official duties, saying it stands for dignity in public service.
• Kerala Congress criticised the association for what it called selective outrage, invoking the treatment of former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa in 2019.
• Rahul Gandhi has accused the poll body of voter-roll manipulation in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision and in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura segment, and warned the CEC and commissioners of action if the INDIA bloc comes to power.
• CEC Gyanesh Kumar has denied wrongdoing, argued the election process is too transparent for such theft, and told Gandhi to file a signed affidavit supporting the claims or apologise within seven days.
• ECI officials said that since the August 1 draft rolls in Bihar, only two objections have come from political parties while more than eight lakh voters have filed correction requests, with the claims-and-objections window open until September 1.