Rahul Gandhi alleges ‘vote chori’ after reported SIR objections

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Election Commission of India of organizing “vote chori,” calling it an attack on the Constitution and an act of treason. His remarks followed a report that two election commissioners had repeatedly objected to decisions concerning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The allegations of electoral manipulation remain unproven in the supplied accounts. Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said in a post on X that “vote chori” was a crime against Indian people and a direct attack on the Constitution, adding that justice would be served. He also shared a video in which he warned election officials over what he characterized as wrongdoing. His statements were allegations, not findings that votes or electoral rolls had been manipulated. The report cited in the coverage said commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders connected to the SIR process, including four objections on one day.