Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi has made serious allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI), claiming that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were rigged and that the country’s electoral system is “already dead”.

“Prime Minister of India is Prime Minister with a very slim majority. If 10-15 seats were rigged, it would have been possible. Although our suspicion is closer to 70,80, 100 seats. We are going to prove to you in the coming few days how that Lok Sabha election can be rigged and was rigged,” Mr. Gandhi said at All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) annual conclave on law, human rights and RTI.

The Congress leader said whoever he has “shown this investigation to has fallen off their chair”. “It makes it clear that the institution that defends the constitution has been obliterated and taken over. Now, there is absolutely no doubt that we have proof that will show that the Election Commission of India does not exist. It has disappeared. It has taken us over 6 months to find this proof. Because the Election Commission does not give us electronic voter lists. It gives us paper-wise voter lists,”he added.

Speaking in the context of its investigations, Mr. Gandhi said, “When they gave us booth-wise paper voter list, that document cannot be scanned. Why would the ECI copy-proof, scan-proof the voter lists? We found that 6.5 lakh voters voted, and 1.5 lakh of them were fake. Physical paper we have from ECI. We compared each photo on the lists. You will see soon when we release this. It’s like an Atom bomb. The election system in India is dead.”