Rahul Gandhi’s clarion call against Vote Chori!

On 9th December 2025, LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi ji targeted the BJP and the Election Commission of India (EC) over vote chori, calling it the "biggest anti-national act". Indeed, when the BJP and EC together steal votes or commit electoral fraud, they don't just destroy democracy—they "destroy the idea of India itself.”

Rahul ji didn't stop there. He pointed to the glaring anomalies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, such as duplicate photos, bogus entries and fake addresses.

He asked three burning questions that sum up the entire vote chori "system":

First:

The removal of the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel of the Election Commissioner. The committee, which consists of the Prime Minister, a Union Cabinet Minister (HM Amit Shah) and the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, can hardly be fair.

Why was the CJI removed from the selection panel of the Election Commissioner?

Second:

In December 2023, the Modi government changed a crucial law. They changed the law to make sure that no election commissioner could be punished for any action they take while they hold that position.

Why did the PM give this tremendous gift that no prime minister has ever given before to the election commissioner?

Third:

A law was brought to allow the Election Commission to destroy CCTV footage of a polling booth 45 days after the election.

Why was the law with regard to CCTVs and the data that they contain changed?

A week later, on 14th December, the Congress party launched a massive Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod Mega Rally at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, where Rahul ji took the fight to the streets.

At a gathering of tens of thousands of supporters and party leaders, he called the struggle one between 'truth' and 'power'. And when there is an oppressive, autocratic regime holding on to power through nothing but vote chori, the truth is sure to prevail!

Rahul Gandhi ji reminded the people of the vote chori incidents that came to light from across the nation—from Haryana and Bihar to Maharashtra and Karnataka and Bihar. The BJP and the institutions it has hijacked are engaged in a centralised theft of votes and a systemic dismantling of democracy.

But we will not yield!

We will keep exposing them!

We will keep fighting for the soul of our democracy!