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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) alleged that what is being done successful Gujarat successful the sanction of SIR is simply a "well-planned, organised, and strategic ballot chori", with the Election Commission (ECI) becoming a cardinal subordinate successful the "conspiracy of ballot theft".
The Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been transformed into a limb to destruct the law close of "one person, 1 vote", truthful that the BJP, not the people, decides who volition beryllium successful power.
"Wherever there's SIR, there's ballot theft. What is being done successful Gujarat successful the sanction of SIR is not immoderate benignant of administrative process, it is simply a well-planned, organised, and strategical ballot chori," Mr. Gandhi said successful a station successful Hindi connected X.
जहाँ-जहाँ SIR, वहाँ-वहाँ वोट चोरी।
गुजरात में SIR के नाम पर जो कुछ किया जा रहा है, वह किसी भी तरह की प्रशासनिक प्रक्रिया नहीं है - यह सुनियोजित, संगठित और रणनीतिक वोट चोरी है।
सबसे चौंकाने वाली और ख़तरनाक बात यह है कि एक ही नाम से हज़ारों-हज़ार आपत्तियाँ दर्ज की गईं।
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The astir shocking and unsafe happening is that thousands upon thousands of objections were filed nether the aforesaid name, helium claimed.
"Votes were selectively removed from circumstantial communities and booths that enactment the Congress party. Wherever the BJP sees a imaginable defeat, voters are simply made to vanish from the system," Mr. Gandhi alleged.
"This aforesaid signifier was seen successful Aland. The aforesaid happening happened successful Rajura. And present the aforesaid blueprint is being implemented successful Gujarat, Rajasthan, and each authorities wherever SIR has been imposed," helium said.
"The astir superior information is that the Election Commission is nary longer the protector of democracy, but has go a cardinal subordinate successful this conspiracy of ballot theft," Gandhi said.
His remarks came implicit Gujarat Congress' societal media station successful which it alleged that aft Rahul Gandhi exposed ballot manipulation, the BJP has adopted a next-level exemplary of predetermination rigging.
"Election rigging means the theft of your voting rights, and this caller crippled has travel to airy successful Gujarat. According to the rules, the Election Commission, aft the SIR, released the draught database and began accepting objections, mounting January 18 arsenic the last date. Only a fistful of objections were received until January 15, but the existent crippled began afterward. Under a conspiracy, millions of objections (Form 7) were abruptly submitted," the party's authorities portion claimed.
When the Election Commission released the 1.2 cardinal objections, it became wide that rules were being flouted to people circumstantial castes, communities, and regions. Dozens of objections were filed successful the sanction of a azygous person, with antithetic names and signatures, portion the Election Commission remained a "silent spectator", it further alleged.
"When the main absorption enactment writes a missive requesting accusation astir the objections, they person nary response, making the predetermination rigging wholly evident. This is due to the fact that the Election Commission has mortgaged some its work and accountability to the ruling party," the enactment claimed.
