Rahul Gandhi alleges India’s 2024 elections were rigged

Rahul Gandhi alleged on September 24 that India’s 2024 parliamentary and state elections were rigged, saying he was certain of the claim and pointing to reported disagreements among Election Commission members over voter-roll procedures. The allegations have not been independently established in the material available, and the Election Commission has said final decisions on the voter-roll revision were unanimous. At a press conference in New Delhi, Gandhi, the Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of undermining the electoral system. He argued that anti-incumbency, which he described as a recurring feature of Indian politics, appeared absent in results involving the BJP. He cited election outcomes in several states, including Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Gandhi said he was relying on information he considered sufficient to support his allegations. The accounts provided do not include the underlying evidence he referred to, nor do they independently verify that election results were manipulated.