On Tuesday, Sambit Patra, a BJP MP, launched a volley of ten questions against Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, the same day the Supreme Court clarified its stance on Form 6.
Rahul Gandhi had accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of altering Form 6 illegally and unilaterally, claiming the move favored the BJP and amounted to a criminal assault on democracy. The Court, in its May 27 judgment, reiterated that no change to Form 6 had been sanctioned.
Patra cited the Election Commission’s October 5 fact‑check, which said the form itself was unchanged but a declaration had been appended for the Special Intensive Revision exercise. He also pointed to the Supreme Court’s May 27 ruling that the EC retained residual authority to craft documentation for SIR.
Addressing Gandhi’s claim that Kumar’s appointment was a BJP ploy, Patra noted that Gyanesh Kumar was appointed in March 2024 and had overseen the 2024 Lok Sabha and Jammu & Kashmir elections, undermining the allegation of bias.
Patra dismissed Gandhi’s “criminal assault” charge by recalling that former Commissioners routinely entered public life or received national honours after serving, questioning whether that counts as an assault. Opposition MPs, led by the INDIA bloc, marched toward the Election Commission office later that day, with security cordons tightening around the route.