From vote chori comes kanoon chori: Rahul says laws passed by Parliament illegal

Rahul Gandhi attacked CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Narendra Modi government over alleged irregularities in the electoral process, linking "vote chori" to "kanoon chori". He said that if votes were stolen, laws and institutional changes made by lawmakers elected through such votes would also be illegal.Indian elections being rigged, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Narendra Modi government, linking the alleged irregularities in the electoral process to the legitimacy of laws made by Parliament.“From vote chori comes kanoon chori. Today the vote is gone, the law-making system is gone. If the vote has been stolen, then any law, any institutional change that the lawmakers who have been voted to Parliament through vote chori have made is also illegal,” Rahul Gandhi said.He also held Gyanesh Kumar responsible for the alleged chaos and claimed that two Election Commissioners had blamed the CEC for it.His remarks came a day after an investigative report claimed that the two ECs had not been in consonance with the CEC on several issues over the past 10 months during the rollout of the SIR nationwide and alleged that they were kept in the dark. “Vote is the foundation of our nation and our vote has been destroyed,” Rahul Gandhi said, referring to the reported dissent within the Election Commission.“Not just attack on vote, it’s the attack on the expression of every Indian,” he said. Rahul Gandhi further said the Election Commission was responsible for protecting voters’ rights and argued that if the vote was destroyed, the Constitution was not working.This is a developing story. It will be updated.- EndsPublished By: Shipra ParasharPublished On: Sep 24, 2026 17:20 IST