Today, On 8th October, The Supreme Court will hear on October 13 a plea seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Vote Chori’ allegations against the Election Commission, filed through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
The Supreme Court set to hear a petition on October 13 requesting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiry into the “vote chori” allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), filed by advocate Rohit Pandey, seeks the Supreme Court’s direction to establish an SIT to investigate the accusations made by the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The plea also asks the court to prohibit any further revisions or finalizations of electoral rolls until the court’s directives are followed and an independent audit of the rolls is completed.
Advocate Pandey referenced Gandhi’s press conference on August 7, during which he made serious allegations of a “huge criminal fraud” in elections due to perceived “collusion” between the BJP and the Election Commission. Gandhi had presented an analysis of voter rolls from a constituency in Karnataka last year.
Additionally, the petition calls for the Supreme Court to issue binding guidelines to the Election Commission to promote transparency, accountability, and integrity in the creation, maintenance, and publication of electoral rolls. This includes mechanisms to detect and prevent duplicate or fictitious entries.
Earlier, In August 7 press conference, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha presented data claiming that over one lakh votes were stolen in the Mahadevapura assembly segment of the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.
He highlighted that the seat had 11,965 duplicate voters, 40,009 voters with fake and invalid addresses, 10,452 bulk voters or single address voters, 4,132 voters with invalid photos, and 33,692 voters misusing Form 6, which is intended for new voters.
Gandhi has made similar assertions regarding Maharashtra and Haryana in recent months, particularly after Congress faced defeats in the assembly elections held in those states last year.
In response to Gandhi’s “vote chori” allegations, various units of the Election Commission have requested that he provide details about the irregularities in the voter list under oath, cautioning that submitting “false evidence” is punishable under Section 227 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The chief electoral officers (CEO) of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Haryana have contacted Gandhi, noting that Congress did not submit any claims or appeals regarding the voter list published in these three states.
They also reminded him, as a Lok Sabha member since 2004, that challenges to poll results should only be made through an election petition in the relevant high court.
Case Title: Rohit Pandey v. Union of India and others , Diary No.46726/2025
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