EC is ‘enabling vote chori’: KC Venugopal sparks massive uproar in Parliament

In a heated sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP KC Venugopal levelled explosive allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI), claiming the body had “abandoned neutrality” and was now “enabling vote chori instead of preventing it.”

His remarks came during the ongoing debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a key point of contention in the Winter Session.

Venugopal said the opposition had repeatedly warned that changes to the process of appointing Election Commissioners had compromised the institution's independence.

“When the appointment system itself is tilted, what justice can we expect? Instead of stopping anti-national activities like vote theft, the EC is enabling it,” he said, triggering loud prote