Rahul Gandhi Press Conference LIVE: ‘CEC is protecting people who have destroyed Indian democracy,’ Says Congress MP

Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Let's come to why I'm making such a direct accusation about Gyanesh Kumar. There is an ongoing investigation into this matter in Karnataka. The CID of Karnataka has sent 18 letters in 18 months to the Election Commission, and they have asked the Election Commission for some very simple facts. Number one, give us the destination IP from where these forms were filled. Number two, give us the device destination ports from where these applications were filed. And number three, most importantly, give us the OTP trails because when you file, you have to get OTP. 18 times in 18 months, the CID of Karnataka has written to the Election Commission for this, and they are not giving it. Why are they not giving it? Because this will lead us to where the operation is being done, and we are absolutely convinced where this is going to go."

#watch | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Let's come to why I'm making such a direct accusation about Gyanesh Kumar. There is an ongoing investigation into this matter in Karnataka. The CID of Karnataka has sent 18 letters in 18 months to the Election… pic.twitter.com/haCiUPMWOH

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025

Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Let's talk about how this is being done and why I'm saying and we are saying that this is being done in a centralised manner and this is being done not using individuals but using software. Look at the serial numbers... A software is picking up the first name in the booth and using it to delete votes. Someone ran an automated program to ensure that the first voter at the booth was the applicant. That same person got cell phones from outside the state, used them to file the application, and we are pretty certain that this was done in a centralized manner, and it was done at scale. This was not done at a worker level; this was done at a whole simpler level."

#watch | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Let's talk about how this is being done and why I'm saying and we are saying that this is being done in a centralised manner and this is being done not using individuals but using software. Look at the serial… pic.twitter.com/mXHCv8Nbjg

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025

Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "In Aland, 6018 applications were filed impersonating voters. The people who filed these applications actually never filed them. The filing was done automatically using software. Mobile numbers from outside Karnataka, from different states, were used to delete numbers in Aland, and it was done targeting Congress voters."

#watch | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "In Aland, 6018 applications were filed impersonating voters. The people who filed these applications actually never filed them. The filing was done automatically using software. Mobile numbers from outside… pic.twitter.com/J66tlYPOK9

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025

Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Aland is a constituency in Karnataka. Somebody tried to delete 6018 votes. We don't know the total number of votes that were deleted in Aland in the 2023 election. They are much higher than 6,018, but somebody got caught deleting those 6018 votes, and it was caught by coincidence. What happened was that the booth-level officer there noted that her uncle's vote was deleted, so she checked who deleted her uncle's vote, and she found that it was a neighbour who deleted the vote. She asked her neighbour, but they said I did not delete any vote. Neither the person deleting the vote nor the person whose vote was deleted knew. Some other force hijacked the process and deleted the vote..."

#watch | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Aland is a constituency in Karnataka. Somebody tried to delete 6018 votes. We don't know the total number of votes that were deleted in Aland in the 2023 election. They are much higher than 6,018, but somebody got… pic.twitter.com/yjcBdjPbm4

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025

Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "First of all, this is not the H-bomb, the H-bomb is coming. This is another milestone in setting up and demonstrating to the youth of this country how elections are being rigged."

#watch | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "First of all, this is not the H-bomb, the H-bomb is coming. This is another milestone in setting up and demonstrating to the youth of this country how elections are being rigged." pic.twitter.com/VATXEeCH1o

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025