If CEC allowed elections to be rigged it’s ‘treason’: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said that if CEC Gyanesh Kumar was aware of elections being rigged and allowed it to happen, then its "treachery to the nation" and "an act of treason".

The Congress MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency said that whosoever is doing it "has to be taken to task".

Ms. Vadra, speaking to reporters at Nilambur, said that her brother and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was continuously taking up the issue of the "biases and the injustice that is going on through the Election Commission of India (ECI)".

She said that he has repeatedly highlighted multiple issues and now it was coming out in the news media as well that Election Commissioners themselves have highlighted some of the issues to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.