Gyanesh Kumar changed Form 6 ‘illegally’ during SIR, says Rahul Gandhi

In this image posted on October 5, 2026, Congress national president and LoP in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary (organisation) and MP K.C. Venugopal, party MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh, Kumari Selja, Syed Naseer Hussain, party MLA Sachin Pilot and others during a meeting with party general secretaries, State In-charges, and State presidents on the issue of ‘vote chori’, at Indira Bhawan, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: X/@INCIndia via PTI

Mounting an offensive against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Congress on Monday (October 5, 2026) accused the CEC of “lying” after the Supreme Court said it had not approved of any changes to Form 6 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in various States.

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Form 6 is an application through which, an eligible person seeks inclusion in the electoral roll for the first time.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on his X handle, shared a screenshot of the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) statement on September 26, 2026, which read: “The declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR has been upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. For non-SIR period, the Forms applicable as per Rules (the Registration of Electors Rules 1960) will be used.”