Dhruv Rathi's challenge to Modi: Something big is likely to happen in Delhi, 5 issues related to irregularities in the Election Commission, know the deep story of the controversy

What do you do if you have any disease? Go to the doctor. The doctor listens to you and understands the condition of the body. But many times he does not give you medicines. What is the real problem, where is it and how serious is it? They ask you to get a report to understand it. As soon as you get the report taken and go to the doctor, one comes to a conclusion about the disease or the problem. Today, the opposition and the youth in India are on the streets regarding the Election Commission. So, we will release five reports to diagnose the disease. Here the doctors will not be us, but the Constitution will be formed. Is the government good or bad? Are its decisions right or wrong? It is not our job to decide. Keeping the Constitution paramount, we will try to understand whether the Election Commission's system is running within its limits or not? So let's understand five reports today without jumping to conclusions that will explain what the disease is. Namaskar... Our question is not against Modi or Rahul. The question is not against the Chief Justice of India or the Chief Election Commissioner, nor against any cabinet minister. Our question today is whether the government which is going to contest the election should be the same government that selects the election umpires? If the umpire is the player, then who will guarantee that the match will be played fairly? Election Commission Legal Entanglement The democracy of our country is now at a juncture where there are allegations that its rules are being changed not after the game is played but even before the game starts. This has led to a serious constitutional controversy or disturbance. Its job is to hold free and fair elections in the country. Not only this, every leader, government and opposition has to be kept within the limits of the law, the same Election Commission, which is in legal trouble today. Why has the law for the selection of the CEC changed? At the center of the controversy in the country today is the new law of 2023 to appoint the current Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and his appointment. The law has been enacted by the government elected by the people of the country in Parliament. So the question arises, if the elected leaders of the people make laws, then what can be wrong in it? The CJI is the neutral umpire in the CEC selection, but the whole game starts in response to this. Just because Parliament passes a law, it does not automatically become constitutional. The Supreme Court gave a historic verdict in March 2023 called the Anup Baranwal case and made it clear that the Election Commission should be completely free from the influence of the ruling government. The exact words of the CJI were Neutral Umpire. The court also formed an interim selection committee, which consisted of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. At that time, the motive was that there should be the presence of the judiciary as a neutral umpire in the appointment of the CEC, so that no one party would become too heavy. But in today's time, the Modi government has changed all this within the limits of the Constitution. In December 2023, the Modi government brought a new law in which the Chief Justice of the country was removed from the selection process of the Chief Election Commissioner. So who took his place? A cabinet minister appointed by PM Modi. If the umpire is the player, then how can it work? What happened because of this? In the three-member committee, the government got two votes on paper. Because what the Prime Minister and his ministers think is going to happen because they will have a majority, the Leader of the Opposition will become a minority. The Leader of the Opposition was Rahul Gandhi and because of this law, he was left alone. Now when Gyanesh Kumar was made the Chief Election Commissioner, Rahul Gandhi raised an objection by writing a party. Rahul Gandhi's main objection was against the neutrality of this system and not against Gyanesh Kumar. If two votes of the government decide who will become the Chief Election Commissioner, then what is the need for an opposition leader? The answer to this question is being asked by the youth protesting at Jantar Mantar and the opposition MPs dragging the streets today. The biggest proof of this is not hidden anywhere else but in the Election Commission's own files. Who has the authority to change Form No. 6? The second biggest legal dispute here today is that of Form No. This form for getting a new election card is not a document of any kind. The election law of the country says that this form is statutory. If even a comma is to be changed in it, then the notification of the Law Ministry has to be removed and it has to be placed before the Parliament for scrutiny. In short, they cannot be tampered with. But here, without consulting the Law Ministry or Parliament, a new condition called Annex D along with Form VI has been made mandatory online for lakhs of youths and other voters. The Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India, however, took their stand in the matter and said that Form No. 6 has not changed, the SIR has been filed with the relevant requirements, instructions and additional Annexure D. On May 27, 2026, the Supreme Court declared it legal for Bihar SIR. The ECI has removed additional declarations in states where the SIR process has been completed and termed Rahul Gandhi's allegations as misleading. Why is Gyanesh Kumar not tying anyone? No one has caught this from outside, the biggest revolt has taken place within the Election Commission. The investigation report of which was exposed by the Indian Express in front of the country. According to the Indian Express and official documents, two senior Election Commissioners of the Election Commission, Vivek Joshi and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, had raised written objections continuously between May 16 and August 13. Commissioner Bandhu clearly wrote in the file that this change made on the portal in Form No. 6 is illegal and unauthorized. If you want to make such changes, do so, we have no objection, but do it within the boundaries of the Constitution and Parliament. Yet, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar did not listen to these commissioners sitting in constitutional positions for months. Controversy over the power of the ERO The third report is about the constitutional game in the name of technology. According to the law, the decision to keep or remove your name from the voter list of your village or city is with the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). Not with any software. But all the access to the new ECINet software of the Election Commission has gone to Seema Khanna, the director of the IT department of the Election Commission, sitting in Delhi. Is the election software being controlled from Delhi? Media reports claim that the direct impact of this decision was seen in Goa. It is alleged that the legal officer in Goa proved 97 voters to be absolutely correct and decided to keep their names in the list. The Goa CEO's office made eight requests for the rollback facility, but those 97 people did not make it to the final list. Because, according to reports, there was no rollback system in the software. That is, the officer said yes as per the law, but the computer refused. Once again, Election Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi questioned that when the law has given power to the ERO, why does the Director General of IT sitting in Delhi have control of the database of the entire country? The basic structure of the Constitution clearly states that if the country will be run by the law, then why is the country run by computers? Can you take away the power of the law officer in the name of administrative ease? The SC removed the air of the Election Commission. It was a very serious and high-level matter. So it went straight to the Supreme Court. On October 5, 2026, the Chief Justice of the country removed the air of the Election Commission's claims in a single line. The Election Commission had earlier issued a press note claiming that the court had approved the change in Form 6. Form Six means the form to add a new name to the voter list. But in the full court, the Chief Justice said something like this, "Modified Form 6 has not been approved by us, let us be very clear." "We have not approved the modified version of Form 6. Bring the file, we want to see who is the one who made this change?" What was the argument of the Election Commission against the Supreme Court? After this statement, the court refused to issue an interim order to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar and issued a notice. Even after the Supreme Court's reprimand, the Election Commission did not pull its press note. On the other hand, the Election Commission officials say that the form has not changed, only the declaration has been attached, which was approved by the court in the Bihar SIR verdict. The Modi government made Gyanesh a superman. All this says that almost everything is not running according to the law within the Election Commission. So the question arises, why is the CEC so powerful and tension-free despite such a huge internal conflict and the whip of the Supreme Court? So the answer is hidden in Section 16 of the 2023 Act. This section has made the umpire of the Election Commission a superman. The police cannot put the CEC in jail for life, our fourth report starts from here. You will be surprised to know that according to Article 14 of the Constitution of India, there is a provision of Equal Protection of Law and Equality Before Law. That is, all are equal in the eyes of the Constitution, but the Constitution has also given certain powers to some. In which there is no complete legal protection for anyone except the President after retirement in the country. If a Supreme Court judge also does something wrong, then action can also be taken against him. But the new law of the Modi government of 2023 has put on the Election Commissioners a super shield like Kuntiputra Karna, which almost no one else in the country has got. However, it should also be noted here that according to the Constitution, the CEC can still be removed. How? So the CEC can be removed if the other EC recommends the same way that a court judge can be removed. The Modi government's open arm to the CEC According to the Modi government's reshuffle, no civil or criminal case can be filed against the CEC or the Election Commissioners for any decision taken during their duties. However, private or off-duty crimes do not fall under this. It is not just about the vacant post. There is a word written in this section that is, even if he retires, he will continue to get this super cover for life. No one has any problem if good decisions are taken on this post, but if any controversial decision is taken by the Chief Election Commissioner or the Election Commissioner, then no court or police in the country can declare him in jail or impose a fine after the complaint. Is Gyanesh Kumar loyal to the government or to the Constitution? The Supreme Court had also said during the hearing that even the judges do not have such protection. So now understand what the real game is going on. When the committee to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner has a two-size-fits-all majority of the government and the person appointing is given super protection for life, then on whose side will that officer be loyal? On the side of the Constitution or on the government in power? This is the reason why despite the infighting of the ECI and the whip of the Supreme Court, the Chief Election Commissioner is not bothered. Remember, complete autonomy without accountability gives rise to autocracy. Gyanesh It's Done Brony: Cockroach Janata Party When this gap between the law and constitutional institutions like the ECI, the judiciary and the parliament starts widening, in a democracy, people start taking to the streets. And that's why the opposition, youth and the Cockroach Janata Party have been protesting for many days with the tagline 'Gyanesh It's Done Bro'. And now our fifth report comes to the medical lab of Indian democracy. Dhruv Rathi, a German citizen of Indian origin and a social media influence, has entered the protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Earlier, the youth's resentment against the government was only till the paper was torn, against which the government had to resign from Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and make a political compromise. But now the issue is directly related to the constitutional system, the voting list and the Election Commission. Dhruv Rathi's entry against Gyanesh Kumar is now creating such an atmosphere that Dhruv Rathi may have come to the market now, but his entry was happening only after the CJP became a CJP. Some people are even opposing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and his mastermind is making a theory that Dhruv Rathi is his mastermind. The question then arises, will Dhruv Rathi's joining this movement, holding protests in Bangalore and Jantar Mantar, make any difference to the Modi government or the Election Commission? The answer may be yes or no. We cannot say anything on this matter because the answer to this question is not with us but with the time. If 40 per cent of the youth of the country feel that the process of the Election Commission itself is being manipulated, then it is impossible to say what will happen if no one joins or does not join. Is the world's trust in the Election Commission eroding? But the bottom line is that if you are made an umpire in a match, then your job is to be impartial. And it is also necessary to make the 140 crore spectators sitting in the field feel that the umpire is neutral and not biased. If this trust is lost on the part of the Election Commission, then it will not be a question of only one government, because as Atalji had said, governments will come and go. Democracy will always remain immortal. In short, the question here will be not about the government but about the foundation of the constitution and democracy. And finally... Famous YouTuber Dhruv Rathi and actor Prakash Raj along with the CJP staged a protest at Freedom Park in Bangalore. The issues were the resignation of Sir and Gyanesh Kumar. Interestingly, Dhruv said something here that caught everyone's attention. He told PTI that he had not come to India to topple the government. At the same time, a video of Abhijeet Deepke appeared on X. In which Dhruv is shouting slogans that vote thief quit gaddi. What does this mean? Monday to Friday at seven in the evening, you keep watching, Editor's View. See you again tomorrow, Namaskar. (Research: Sameer Parmar | Samir Parmar)