Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday (August 8, 2025) slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its officials asking Rahul Gandhi to share details of his claims on poll rigging under oath and said if they feel their responsibility is only to the BJP then they need to rethink.
Priyanka Gandhi’s attack on the poll body came after the Chief Electoral Officers of at least three states on Thursday (August 7, 2025) asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to share the names of electors he claimed were either included or excluded wrongfully from the voter lists along with a signed declaration for the poll authorities to initiate “necessary proceedings” in the matter.
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ECI sources said Rahul Gandhi should either sign a declaration under the Conduct of Election Rules and submit the list of people who he claims were either wrongfully included or removed from the voters’ list or he should “stop misleading” the people of India and “stop making baseless allegations” against the poll authority.
Asked about the issue, Priyanka Gandhi said, “The affidavit they are asking for is under a law in which you have to give a petition within 30 days; otherwise, nothing will happen. So why are they asking for the affidavit? Such a big disclosure has been made. If it is unintentional, then investigate it.”
