New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday responded to the Election Commission, rejecting his charges of “match fixing” during the Maharashtra Elections. In a post on social media platform, ‘X’, Gandhi asked the EC to answer his questions, rather than issuing “evasive notes”.
Rahul Gandhi vs Election Commission
A war of words broke out between Rahul Gandhi and the Election Commission of India, after the political leader wrote an article in a leading daily, raising serious questions on the Election Commission and its conduct. Following the publication of the article, the EC refuted all of Gandhi’s claims, asserting the integrity and transparency of the electoral process during the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Now Gandhi has taken on the way the EC responded to him. He wrote on ‘X’, “Dear EC, You are a Constitutional body. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries is not the way to respond to serious questions.”
Dear EC,
You are a Constitutional body. Releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries is not the way to respond to serious questions.
If you have nothing to hide, answer the questions in my article and prove it by:
• Publishing consolidated, digital, machine-readable…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 7, 2025
He then dared the Commission to answer the questions he raised in his article. He wanted the poll body to publish consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the most recent elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states including Maharashtra and wanted them to publish all post-5pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling booths.
He said that evasion won’t protect the credibility of the institution (EC), but telling the truth surely will.
BJP’s response
The BJP also waded into the controversy between Gandhi and the Election Commission. Union Minister JP Nadda himself responded to Gandhi’s charges against the EC. He accused the Leader of Opposition of peddling fake narratives through his newspaper article.
According to the BJP leader, the article was a result of Gandhi’s frustration of losing election after election. He also blamed the Congress MP for the degeneration of his party. According to Nadda, Gandhi knew that Congress would lose the upcoming Bihar elections and was therefore resorting to such tactics (blaming the EC and bringing up Maharashtra Elections).
