Rahul Gandhi asks three questions on electoral reforms
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, posed three key questions on electoral reforms during a December 9, 2025, debate on the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The Three Questions
These questions targeted perceived biases in the Election Commission’s structure and operations:
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Why did the government amend the law in December 2023 to exclude the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, a panel now dominated by the executive?
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Why grant “immunity” to Election Commissioners, shielding them from penalties for actions taken in office—a privilege no prior Prime Minister provided?
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Why allow the destruction of CCTV footage from polling stations after 45 days, framing it as a “data” issue when it enables potential election irregularities?
Gandhi accused the BJP of “institutional capture” of the Election Commission, alleging vote theft in states like Haryana and calling it an “anti-national act.” He accompanied the questions with four reform demands: machine-readable voter lists to all parties one month pre-election, retaining CCTV footage, access to EVM architecture for opposition experts, and revising laws for EC accountability.
