BJP has turned ECI into its ‘poll-rigging machinery’, alleges T.N. CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Monday (August 11, 2025) accused the BJP of turning the Election Commission of India (ECI) into its “poll-rigging machinery”. He further alleged that what happened in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura was “not an administrative lapse,” but “a calculated conspiracy to steal the people’s mandate.”

In a social media post, Mr. Stalin contended the “#VoteTheft evidence” presented by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi exposed the scale of this “fraud”. He also referred to the march by the INDIA bloc led by Mr. Gandhi, from the Parliament House to the ECI.

Mr. Stalin further underlined their demands: the immediate release of the complete machine-readable voter roll for every State, an end to politically driven deletions, and an independent probe into this “subversion of our democracy”.

“DMK stands shoulder to shoulder in this fight. We will not watch in silence while the BJP robs India’s democracy in broad daylight. #VoteChori #RahulExposesVoteChori,” Mr. Stalin said in his social media post.