Rahul Gandhi questions TCS, EC over illegal Form 6 change

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, 1 October, asked who at the Election Commission of India ordered Tata Consultancy Services to make an 'illegal' change to the online Form 6 for voter registration, who at TCS signed off on it, and whether TCS was pressured. He posted the questions on X, citing that the EC's own commissioners had recorded the change as illegal. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed the change was introduced by the Chief Election Commissioner unconstitutionally in mid-July 2026 to remove Gen Z voters, orchestrated by the PM-HM duo, The Federal and The Hindu report.

The opposition INDIA bloc, after a meeting of 19 parties, decided that all opposition MPs will march to the Election Commission on 6 October and leaders will meet the President. The bloc also demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The row follows a report by The Indian Express, cited by Deccan Herald, Business Today, The Federal, The Hindu and ABP Live, that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions on the Special Intensive Revision that they said were issued without their knowledge. The EC has said statutory Form 6 itself was not changed, an additional annexure was added for the SIR process, and that differing views are normal.