Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said that if CEC Gyanesh Kumar was aware of elections being rigged and allowed it to happen, then its “treachery to the nation” and “an act of treason”.
Because if there are no elections, where is democracy, “So, I think it is an extremely serious issue for our democracy. Ms. If the elections are unfair and are being rigged in any manner and the ECI is assisting in that, and the Election Commissioner is not only aware of it, but also allowing it to happen, then it is a very very serious assault on democracy. Ms. Vadra was referring to reports of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagging multiple issues, including deletion of names, in various states during the voter roll cleanup under SIR. Ms.
The Congress MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency said that whosoever is doing it “has to be taken to task”. Vadra, speaking to reporters at Nilambur, said that her brother and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was continuously taking up the issue of the “biases and the injustice that is going on through the Election Commission of India (ECI)”. She said that he has repeatedly highlighted multiple issues and now it was coming out in the news media as well that Election Commissioners themselves have highlighted some of the issues to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. However, ECI officials have said that the poll body was unanimous in its decisions related to the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list. Vadra, who is in her constituency for a 10-day visit, said that whosoever is engaging in such acts “has to be taken to task” following a proper investigation. The Congress MP said that if that was actually the case, and if what is coming out in the media are the facts, and if what the party has suspected for a very long time — like “manipulation of voters lists, deletion of lakhs of voters and manipulations that have taken place in Maharashtra and Haryana” — then it is something “extremely serious”.
