Overview

• Rahul Gandhi cited Karnataka’s Aland seat, alleging 6,018 impersonated Form 7 submissions in 2022 were filed through automated software using out-of-state mobile numbers to target Congress voters.
• The Election Commission said no member of the public can delete votes online, called the allegations incorrect, and noted that deletion requires due process with an opportunity to be heard.
• Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer said 6,018 deletion applications were received but only 24 were genuine and the rest were rejected, with no deletions executed on those applications.
• Gandhi said the state CID wrote 18 times in 18 months seeking session data such as destination IPs, device ports and OTP trails, alleging only partial information arrived in August 2025, a claim the EC and state office dispute.
• Parties traded reactions as BJP leaders dismissed the charges as political drama, Congress figures backed demands for transparency, and fact-checkers challenged at least one example presented in Gandhi’s presser.