Mehmood Pracha · ECI Files

7 Jun 2025CLAIMCLAIMSNOT YET CHECKED

Rahul Gandhi asks Commission for machine-readable rolls and CCTV footage

Replying to the Commission's source-based rebuttal, Rahul Gandhi said a constitutional body should not answer through unsigned notes, and asked it to publish consolidated machine-readable voter rolls and release post-5 pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling booths.

Attributed to Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

The CEC answered the CCTV and machine-readable roll points on 17 Aug 2025; see that entry.

CHARGE AND ANSWER

Charge: This entry

Responses: CEC Gyanesh Kumar: file affidavit in seven days or apologise

What the record shows: Rule 93 amended to limit public inspection to papers 'specified in these rules'

The CEC's 17 Aug 2025 press conference is filed as a response to the Mahadevapura charge; this charge's own notes record that it also answered the CCTV and machine-readable roll points. Rule 93, amended in December 2024, governs which election papers are open to public inspection.

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SOURCES

TIER 3 · PRESSCompletely absurd: Election Commission debunks Rahul Gandhi's match fixing claimThe Tribune2025-06-07

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