2025
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In an Indian Express op-ed shared on X, Rahul Gandhi set out five steps he said were used to rig the November 2024 Maharashtra election, from the Election Commission appointment panel to adding voters and inflating turnout, and said Bihar would be next. BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari called the charge an attack on democratic institutions.
The 41 lakh figure is the claimant's. The Commission's own figures for the period (48.8 lakh added, 8 lakh deleted) are reported in the Indian Express piece of 23 Sep 2026 on Uddhav Thackeray; see that entry.
The Maharashtra CEO's June 2025 rebuttal carries no response link in the record; its summary says it answers Rahul Gandhi's allegations about the 2024 Maharashtra election.