Protecting Those Who Destroyed Democracy: Rahul Gandhi Attacks CEC Gyanesh Kumar

In a fiery and much-hyped press conference on Thursday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, alleged a systematic, software-driven conspiracy to delete millions of voters from electoral rolls across India, specifically targeting Congress supporters. While stopping short of dropping what he had previously termed a "hydrogen bomb" of evidence, Gandhi presented what he called "100 per cent proof" from a constituency in Karnataka and directly accused the Chief Election Commissioner of complicity.

"Some group of people have been targeting millions of voters for deletion across India," Gandhi declared at the press conference in Delhi. He asserted that his claims were not mere allegations but verifiable facts. "I am not going to say anything on this stage that is not backed up by 100 per cent truth... I am somebody who loves my country, I love my constitution, I love the democratic process, and I am protecting that process."

As a case study, Gandhi detailed alleged irregularities in the Aland constituency of Karnataka during the 2023 elections. He claimed that a targeted operation was uncovered there by sheer coincidence.

"In Aland, 6018 applications were filed impersonating voters. The people who filed these applications actually never filed them," Gandhi explained. "What happened was that the booth-level officer there noted that her uncle's vote was deleted, so she checked who deleted her uncle's vote, and she found that it was a neighbour... She asked her neighbour, but they said I did not delete any vote. Neither the person deleting the vote nor the person whose vote was deleted knew. Some other force hijacked the process and deleted the vote."

According to the Congress leader, the deletion requests were automated using sophisticated software. "The filing was done automatically using software. Mobile numbers from outside Karnataka, from different states, were used to delete numbers in Aland, and it was done targeting Congress voters," he stated.

In his most direct and serious accusation, Gandhi targeted the head of the country's electoral body. "The Chief Election Commissioner of India is protecting the people who have destroyed Indian democracy," he said, leveling a grave charge against the constitutional authority.