The Election Commission says a Supreme Court ruling upheld the declaration attached to Form 6, while Chief Justice Surya Kant said the court had not approved changes to the form itself.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Press Information Bureau issued fact-checks as a dispute grew over Form 6, used to register voters, and what the Supreme Court had approved. The controversy followed remarks by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday.
“Any modification to Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let’s be clear,” Kant said. Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, then accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of changing the form illegally and unilaterally, alleging that he had abused his position to help the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The ECI called Gandhi’s post misleading. It said its June 24, 2025 order for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar had been approved unanimously and upheld by the Supreme Court in a judgment on May 27, 2026. The Commission also cited a September 26, 2026 press note, which said the Court had upheld the declaration attached to Form 6 for the revision.
The distinction between the declaration accompanying Form 6 and changes to the form itself became central to the competing statements. A separate dispute arose after Ashutosh Ranka of the Cockroach Janta Party said on X that the ECI’s September 26 note was no longer available on its website. The Press Information Bureau said the release remained in the public domain and had not been taken down.