In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the SIR process was a “well-planned” exercise to selectively remove voters from communities perceived to support the Congress.
BY PC Bureau
January 24, 2026: The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been “turned into a weapon to dismantle the constitutional right to vote.”
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the Election Commission was no longer acting as an impartial constitutional authority. “SIR has been turned into a weapon to destroy the principle of ‘one person, one vote’—so that it is not the people, but the BJP, that decides who remains in power,” he alleged. He further accused the poll body of becoming “the chief accomplice in this vote-theft conspiracy.”
Calling the exercise “well-planned, organised and strategic vote chori,” Gandhi said, “Wherever there is SIR, there is vote theft. What is being done in Gujarat in the name of SIR is not an administrative process.”
The Congress leader alleged that voters were being selectively removed from specific communities and polling booths perceived to support the Congress. “Wherever the BJP sees a potential defeat, voters are simply made to disappear from the system,” he claimed.
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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।
चुन-चुनकर… https://t.co/LC9i5DP44y
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 24, 2026
Gandhi said similar patterns had been witnessed earlier in other states. “The same thing happened in Aland, then in Rajura. Now the same blueprint is being implemented in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and every state where SIR has been imposed,” he said.
His remarks came amid allegations by the Gujarat Congress of large-scale irregularities during the SIR process in the state. In a post on X, the party claimed that after the Election Commission released the draft electoral roll and invited objections—with January 18 set as the deadline—only a limited number of objections were received until January 15. “The real game began afterward, when millions of objections (Form 7) were suddenly submitted under a conspiracy,” the state unit alleged.
The Gujarat Congress further claimed that when it sought details of these objections from the Election Commission, it received no response. “This is because the Election Commission has mortgaged both its responsibility and accountability to the ruling party,” the party alleged.
The Election Commission has not yet responded to the allegations.
