Overview

• Gandhi cited a media investigation on X and asked whether the poll body will open an inquiry or demand an affidavit, with no immediate response from the Election Commission.
• The report he shared alleges that 10 anonymously registered parties in Gujarat received Rs 4,300 crore in donations from 2019–20 to 2023–24.
• Across the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the 2022 Gujarat assembly polls, those parties fielded only 43 candidates who together won 54,069 votes.
• Their election filings reportedly showed just Rs 39.02 lakh in expenses, while audit reports recorded about Rs 3,500 crore in spending.
• The challenge follows the Chief Election Commissioner’s August 17 call for Gandhi to submit an affidavit with proof on earlier vote-fraud claims or apologise.