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The Congress connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of moving connected a "sinister design" to destruct ideology and Opposition parties done the SIR exercise, and vowed to instrumentality to the streets by holding a protestation rally astatine Ramleela Maidan successful New Delhi successful the archetypal week of December.
Upping the ante implicit its 'vote chori' pitch, the Congress said the canvass body's behaviour during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process has been "deeply disappointing" arsenic the workout is aimed astatine deleting targeted votes and demanded that it indispensable instantly show that it is not operating nether the BJP's shadow.
AICC wide secretary, organisation, K.C. Venugopal, told reporters aft the gathering that the Election Commission's motive is to destruct ideology and absorption parties, which has ne'er happened successful history.
"We are going to the streets. During the archetypal week of December, the Congress enactment is organising a monolithic rally successful Ramleela Maidan with lakhs of radical attending it," helium told reporters, adding that the Congress volition exposure the Election Commission of India by organising the protestation event.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who chaired a gathering with cardinal office-bearers from 12 states and Union Territories (UTs) wherever the SIR is underway, alleged that the BJP is attempting to "weaponise" the workout of the electoral rolls process for "vote chori".
Mr. Kharge, erstwhile enactment main Rahul Gandhi and AICC wide secretaries participated successful a reappraisal gathering with authorities portion chiefs, Congress Legislature Party leaders and secretaries of 12 states and UTs wherever the SIR is underway.
The states and UTs are Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal volition spell to the polls successful 2026. Phase-II of the SIR workout began connected November 4 with the enumeration signifier and volition proceed till December 4.
"The Congress enactment is unequivocally committed to safeguarding the integrity of the electoral rolls," Mr. Kharge said connected X aft helium chaired the meeting.
At a clip erstwhile nationalist assurance successful antiauthoritarian institutions is already strained, the Election Commission's behaviour during the SIR process has been "deeply disappointing", helium said.
"It indispensable instantly show that it is not operating nether the BJP's shadiness and it remembers its Constitutional oath and allegiance to the radical of India, not to immoderate ruling party," Mr. Kharge said.
"We firmly judge that the BJP is attempting to weaponise the SIR process for ballot chori. And if the EC chooses to look the different way, that nonaccomplishment is not conscionable administrative - it becomes a complicity of silence," the Congress main said.
"Our workers, BLOs, and District/City/Block Presidents volition truthful stay relentlessly vigilant. We volition exposure each attempt, nevertheless subtle, to delete genuine voters oregon insert bogus ones," Mr. Kharge said.
The Congress volition not let antiauthoritarian safeguards to beryllium eroded by partisan misuse of institutions, helium asserted.
Mr. Venugopal said portion purification of electoral rolls is an undeniably indispensable objective, it indispensable beryllium carried retired successful a bona fide manner.
"The ECI's behaviour frankincense acold has been to further the BJP's 'vote chori' agenda, mounting speech its Constitutional work of impartiality. We volition relentlessly combat against their attempts to manipulate elector rolls done unfair deletions oregon the insertion of bogus voters to make abstraction for the BJP to transportation retired its nefarious activities," helium said connected X.
"It is our ideology astatine stake, and we volition basal up to each effort - large oregon tiny - that threatens our Constitutional framework," Mr. Venugopal asserted.
After the meeting, helium said that the wide feeling of the Pradesh Congress Committees was that the Election Commission of India was purposefully trying to delete votes of immoderate sections of the society.
"The plan of the SIR itself is to delete targeted votes. This is what we experienced successful Bihar besides and present they are going to commencement it successful 12 states," helium said, adding that they announced connected Monday (November 17, 2025) a antithetic 'Special Revision' for Assam.
"This is simply a sinister effort by the Election Commission to destruct ideology successful this country. It is wholly unethical and wholly undemocratic," helium alleged.
Noting that the revision of the elector database usually takes spot during elections for a longer time, but it is present done wrong 1 month. Due to this, respective suicides by BLOs are taking spot due to the fact that of pressure, helium claimed, adding that they are being pressured by EC officials to implicit this workout wrong 1 month.
In Kerala, helium said, the BLOs person been asked to taxable the last database of the SIR connected December 9, the time the archetypal signifier of section assemblage elections volition beryllium held.
He said adjacent though the Kerala Assembly passed a solution for postponing the SIR exercise, the state's main electoral serviceman asked the ECI to defer the exercise, saying this is not the close clip to behaviour it, and each governmental parties but the BJP made the aforesaid demand, but the ECI is not listening.
"It is precise wide that they are moving lone connected behalf of the BJP and (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi. It is rather surprising," helium claimed.
Congress person Pawan Khera besides said the party's rally astatine Ramleela Maidan against the SIR workout volition "expose the 'mal-intention' and politicisation of the EC".
"The SIR is to delete names and not adhd caller names of voters," helium asserted.
