“It must immediately demonstrate that it is not operating under the BJP’s shadow and it remembers its Constitutional oath and allegiance to the people of India, not to any ruling party,” he added.

“We firmly believe that the BJP is attempting to weaponise the SIR process for vote chori. And if the ECI chooses to look the other way, that failure is not just administrative — it becomes a complicity of silence,” the Congress chief said.

“Our workers, BLOs, and District/City/Block Presidents will therefore remain relentlessly vigilant. We will expose every attempt, however subtle, to delete genuine voters or insert bogus ones,” Kharge said.

The Congress will not allow democratic safeguards to be eroded by partisan misuse of institutions, he asserted.

Subsequent to facing a severe drubbing in Bihar, where the NDA cruised to victory, the Congress has questioned the role of the commission in the poll process.

Party to hold mega rally against rolls revision

The party also decided to hold a rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan against the SIR. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Gandhi and AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal participated in the review meeting with state unit chiefs, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders and secretaries of the states.