Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi retaliated after the Election Commission’s press conference on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of theft and rigging the voter list in Maharashtra elections. During this, he has also targeted PM Modi and Amit Shah. He also said that the Election Commission asks for an affidavit from me, but when Anurag Thakur says the same thing I am saying, the Commission does not ask for an affidavit from him.

Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Election Commission press conference

Addressing a public meeting in Sasaram, Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said, “The Election Commission has held a press conference on Sunday (August 17). I ask that if you enacted CCTV law, why change it. Why do you know that no case can be filed on the Election Commission. No court can file a case?

He said, “This law was enacted by Modi-Amit Shah so that votes can be stolen. But we will not allow the vote to be stolen. Modi and the Election Commission should understand that I and Tejashwi are not afraid of you. The truth of the vote theft will put in front of every citizen of India. The police here put the barricad so that we could not come forward. But we have come to the barricade. You also come.

People have been suspected of vote theft for a long time- Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said, “We have started this Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. Because for a long time people suspect that our votes are being stolen. Take the example of Maharashtra. Take the example of Maharashtra. The Lok Sabha elections were held in Maharashtra and the India alliance won. After four months, the assembly elections were held and the BJP’s alliance in the same Maharashtra won a huge victory and our coalition did not disappear anywhere.”

He said, “When we investigated, it was found that the Election Commission magically made one crore new voters after four months of the Lok Sabha elections. Wherever new voters came, the BJP won. Our votes were not reduced. India alliance got the same votes in the assembly, as many votes were received in the Lok Sabha. But the BJP got all the new voters. So we got suspicious.”

If we question the Election Commission, we will not tell- Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader said, “We told the Election Commission to explain to us about it. Where are these one crore voters from? They say that they will not give electronic voter list.

Election Commission stolen in Bengaluru Central- Rahul Gandhi

Accusing the Election Commission of theft on the Election Commission, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Election Commission and the BJP together have stolen in Bengaluru Central. I am telling you this with a sentence. The Election Commission asks for an affidavit to me. But when Anurag Thakur says what I am saying, the Commission does not ask for an affidavit.”

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Congress leader Pawan Kheda targeted the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dnyanesh Kumar of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Pawan Kheda said that he did not answer our question related to 1 lakh voters of Mahadevpura Assembly in Karnataka and on the demand for CCTV footage related to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, CEC says that after 45 days, giving footage dissolves the privacy of voters.

Congress leader Pawan Kheda, who visited Sasaram in Bihar, reacted to the question asked about the press conference of the Election Commission on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Election Commission Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said in a press conference held in Delhi on Sunday (August 17), “The Election Commission is neither in favor of anyone nor in anyone’s opposition. We are completely fair.”

CEC Congress leader spoke on the statement of

Reacting to the statement of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Pawan Kheda said, “CEC Gyanesh Kumar gave any reply about the one lakh voters of Mahadevpura Assembly in Karnataka in his press conference that we have revealed at all.” He said, “When you do not want to share CCTV footage with anyone, then why do you make CCTV footage. There is no answer on this either.”

#Watch Sasaram, Bihar | On Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s Statement, Congress Leader Pawan Khera Says, “Did he give any response about the 1 Lakh Voters We Exped in Mahadevapuapura … Answer our questions … they say privacy is… pic.twitter.com/dnkwq6pl3i

– ANI (@ani) August 17, 2025

PM Target at Modi too

At the same time, during this time, Congress leader Pawan Kheda also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pawan Kheda told ANI, “The Prime Minister is sitting to do the rhetoric. The person sitting on the constitutional post is not able to directly answer the selected questions. They too come down on the furnace. So it can be understood that how much is hiding.

He said, “We had expected that today CEC Gyanesh Kumar will answer our questions. Why doesn’t the privacy be disturbed inside? “

It seemed that not the election commissioner, a BJP leader is speaking- Pawan Kheda

He lashed out at Chief Election Commissioner Dnyanesh Kumar and said, “He held a wonderful press conference today, listening to his eyes and it seemed that a BJP leader was speaking.” At the same time, on the question of verification of BLO, he said, “Whether you are doing your work or not, who will answer Mahadevpura?

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