Rahul's allegations on vote theft baseless, incorrect: Election Commission of India

The Election Commission of India on Thursday (September 18, 2025) dubbed as incorrect and baseless the allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that CEC Gyanesh Kumar is protecting "vote chors".

"Allegations made by Rahul Gandhi are incorrect and baseless. No deletion of any vote can be done online by any member of the public, as misconceived by Gandhi," it said.

No deletion can take place without giving an opportunity of being heard to the affected person, the ECI asserted.

Mr. Gandhi accused Chief Election Commissioner Kumar of protecting "vote chors" and people who have destroyed democracy, and cited data from a Karnataka Assembly constituency to claim that votes of Congress supporters were being systematically deleted ahead of elections.