Lie No 3: BJP secretly gave Election Commissioners blanket immunity from arrest and legal action. Facts: Absolutely false. Section 16 of the 2023 CEC and Election Commissioners Act is in the publicly available law passed by the parliament. It protects the CEC and Election Commissioners from civil or criminal proceedings for acts done while performing, their official duties. The Judges (Protection) Act, 1985 contains similar protection for judges. MPs also have constitutional protection for their speeches and votes in Parliament. Protecting the exercise of an official function is not a new thing nor a secret invention. Section 16 does not grant blanket immunity from arrest or protect conduct outside an Election Commissioner’s official role. Nor does it prevent removal: the CEC can be removed through the same constitutional process as a Supreme Court judge, while another Election Commissioner can be removed on the CEC’s recommendation. You know who did not heed CEC's reccomendation to remove a EC despite him telling he was acting in partisan manner? UPA!

Here we go again ‼️ Rahul Gandhi is holding a press conference today on the Election Commission, and within the first few minutes, we spotted a claim worth fact-checking. Lie No. 1: Rahul Gandhi is questioning Amit Shah’s statement that the BJP would rule for decades, arguing that no one could make such a statement unless they knew elections were rigged. But political leaders routinely make such predictions as political rhetoric. Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has said Congress will rule Telangana for 10 years, while Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy went a step further and said Congress would remain in power for 20 years. Have they also made a deal with the Election Commission to fix elections in Telangana alone? Or are these simply political statements expressing confidence about future electoral victories? And the Indira Gandhi comparison doesn’t prove the claim either. She lost the 1977 election after the Emergency, with the Janata alliance winning 298 of 542 Lok Sabha seats. (The Indian Express⁠) On the economy, the 1970s saw India’s average growth rate fall to 2.9%, alongside severe economic volatility and the oil shock. (DEA⁠) Fact-check: Political predictions are not evidence of election-rigging.

📌 Kamal Nath’s Congress govt raised OBC reservation from 14% to 27% in March 2019. 📌 On 19 March 2019: while Congress was still in power the Madhya Pradesh High Court passed an interim order restricting OBC reservation to 14% in the admissions covered by the case. 📌 In September 2021, the BJP government issued an order implementing 27% OBC reservation in recruitments not specifically covered by court challenges. So blaming the BJP government for the 2019 court intervention skips the timeline. Rahul Gandhi can repeat the claim. The dates still won’t change. 😭 Source: indianexpress.com/article/in…