Overview

• The case stems from Rahul Gandhi’s August 7 ‘vote chori’ allegations tied to Mahadevapura data, after which state election officials sought specific names with a signed declaration and the chief election commissioner asked for an oath-backed submission.
• Advocate Rohit Pandey’s PIL seeks a Special Investigation Team led by a former judge to examine alleged manipulation in Bengaluru Central and other affected constituencies.
• The plea requests a suspension of any further revision or finalisation of electoral rolls until an independent audit is completed and court directions are implemented.
• It asks for binding guidelines for the Election Commission, including publication of rolls in accessible, machine-readable, OCR-compliant formats to enable public verification and audits.
• The filing cites alleged anomalies such as 40,009 invalid voters and 10,452 duplicate entries in Mahadevapura, and notes a claimed surge of about 39 lakh new voters added in four months in Maharashtra.