In a post on X, undersigned by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the party said, “Dear EC, If you think you’re going to get away with it, you’re mistaken. We’ re going to come after you.”
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— Congress (@INCIndia) July 24, 2025
Gandhi claimed that the Congress has “concrete 100% proof” that the Election Commission allowed cheating in a constituency in Karnataka. He alleged that the poll panel is not functioning as the Election Commission of India and is “not doing its job”.
“Not 90 per cent, when we decide to show it to you, it is a 100 per cent proof,” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.
“We just looked at one constituency and we found this. I am absolutely convinced that constituency after constituency this is the drama that is taking place. Thousands and thousands of new voters, how old are they? — 45, 50, 60, 65, thousands and thousands of them in one constituency. This is one thing, voter deletion, voter addition, new voters who are way above 18 (is going on)… so we have caught them,” he said.
Responding to Gandhi’s remarks, the EC said it is “highly unfortunate” that rather than filing an election petition in accordance with section 80 of the Representation of the People Act, or if filed, awaiting the verdict of the high court, he has not only made “baseless allegations” but also “chosen to threaten” a constitutional body.
An election petition can be filed within 45 days after poll results are announced by anyone not satisfied with the verdict. Such petitions can be filed in high courts of the state of the constituency concerned.
An EC spokesperson told PTI that as far as the Karnataka electoral rolls of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls are concerned, not a single appeal was filed with any of the district magistrates or the chief electoral officer of the state.
Gandhi had alleged that elections are being “stolen” in India and claimed that his party has figured out the modus operandi of the “votes theft” by studying a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.
Gandhi said he would put before the people and the EC in black in white on how the “theft of votes” is being done.
