Claim that Election Commission took down its September 26 press release on Form 6 is fake, says PIB
Claim that Election Commission took down its September 26 press release on Form 6 is fake, says PIB
Executive Summaryसारांश
A viral post by activist Ashutosh Ranka claims that the Election Commission quietly removed its September 26 press release, which said the Supreme Court had upheld the Form 6 declaration. PIB Fact Check has labelled the claim fake. The claim spread on the day the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified Form 6.A viral post by activist Ashutosh Ranka claims that the Election Commission quietly removed its September 26 press release, which said the Supreme Court had upheld the Form 6 declaration. PIB Fact Check has labelled the claim fake. The claim spread on the day the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modified Form 6.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
On September 26, 2026, the Election Commission of India issued a press note saying that the declaration attached to Form 6 for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) had been upheld by the Supreme Court. Form 6 is the form used to enrol new voters. On October 5, during a hearing, Chief Justice Surya Kant said the court had not approved any modified Form 6 and wanted to see from the record who had modified it. After this, Ashutosh Ranka posted on X that the ECI had "apparently taken down" the September 26 press release and had thrown Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar "under the bus", sharing a screenshot of the ECI website's press note list as proof. PIB Fact Check has called this claim fake. The screenshot itself also shows a press note dated Saturday, September 26, 2026, still in the list. PIB's fact-check covers only the claim that the press release was taken down. The wider dispute over the Form 6 declaration is still before the Supreme Court, where the ECI maintains that Form 6 itself was not amended and that the declaration is an additional requirement for the SIR.
On September 26, 2026, the Election Commission of India issued a press note saying that the declaration attached to Form 6 for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) had been upheld by the Supreme Court. Form 6 is the form used to enrol new voters. On October 5, during a hearing, Chief Justice Surya Kant said the court had not approved any modified Form 6 and wanted to see from the record who had modified it. After this, Ashutosh Ranka posted on X that the ECI had "apparently taken down" the September 26 press release and had thrown Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar "under the bus", sharing a screenshot of the ECI website's press note list as proof. PIB Fact Check has called this claim fake. The screenshot itself also shows a press note dated Saturday, September 26, 2026, still in the list. PIB's fact-check covers only the claim that the press release was taken down. The wider dispute over the Form 6 declaration is still before the Supreme Court, where the ECI maintains that Form 6 itself was not amended and that the declaration is an additional requirement for the SIR.