Overview

• Leaders from Congress, TMC, AAP, RJD, SP, CPI(M), DMK and Shiv Sena (UBT) held a joint press conference, accusing the Election Commission of bias and signaling they would pursue an impeachment notice.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ claims as baseless and gave him seven days to file a sworn affidavit or apologise, asserting the Commission’s impartiality.
• The Bihar voter-roll revision shows about 65 lakh deletions, including roughly 22 lakh listed as deceased over many years, which the CEC said reflect long-unreported deaths rather than recent removals.
• Rahul Gandhi continues a Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar and cites alleged irregularities such as duplicate entries and suspect addresses, including a claim of 1,00,250 affected votes in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura.
• The Supreme Court ordered publication of names and reasons for deletions in Bihar, and opposition leaders say the EC has not clarified compliance as the claims-and-objections window remains open until September 1.