Answer my questions on Maharashtra polls if you have nothing to hide: Rahul Gandhi to EC

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday remarked that the Election Commission should answer the questions that he raised about alleged irregularities in the Maharashtra elections in his article earlier in the day if it has nothing to hide.

In an article published in The Indian Express on Saturday, Gandhi reiterated allegations that there had been “match-fixing” in the Maharashtra Assembly elections held in November. He alleged that there had been an “industrial-scale rigging involving the capture of our national institutions” during the elections.

The Election Commission, however, said that the allegations by the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha were “completely absurd”, ANI reported. It remarked that the entire election process, including the preparation of electoral rolls, takes place in the presence of representatives appointed by political parties.

Following Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's tweet on Maharashtra election, ECI says, "...unsubstantiated allegations raised against the Electoral Rolls of Maharashtra are affront to the rule of law. The Election Commission had brought out all these facts in its reply to INC on 24th… pic.twitter.com/5M7Gzf1anI— ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2025

In response, Gandhi said that “releasing unsigned, evasive notes to intermediaries” was not the way to respond to serious questions.

The Congress leader urged the poll panel to publish “consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls” for recent Lok Sabha and Assembly...

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