Rahul Gandhi is back—and this time, he’s on the trail of a new mystery: the case of the “vanishing voters” in Bihar. At a rally in Bhubaneswar on Friday, he stood at the mic, eyebrows raised, voice firm, and delivered his latest political thriller: “The Election Commission is helping the BJP steal elections!”
Sound familiar? It should. We’ve seen this script before—only the location changes.
“Yesterday I was in Bihar,” he said, as if he’d just returned from a secret mission. “Just like ‘chunav chori’ happened in Maharashtra, the same is being planned in Bihar. One crore voters appeared out of nowhere in Maharashtra—and now the EC is planning the same magic trick in Bihar.”
Now, don’t get us wrong. It’s important to question authority. But Rahul’s theories have started sounding less like solid political critique and more like an overexcited detective in a soap opera. All that’s missing is the dramatic background music.
The Election Commission, meanwhile, continues doing its thing—updating rolls, planning logistics—while probably wondering when it applied to become the lead villain in Rahul Gandhi’s political monologue.
What makes it all more interesting is how effortlessly Rahul blends theatre with politics. There’s always a dramatic arc, a plot twist, and the ever-present villain: sometimes it’s Modi, sometimes it’s Ambani, and now—ta-da!—it’s the EC.
It’s almost charming, really. He says it with conviction. He believes he’s fighting for democracy. And maybe he is. But the delivery often overshadows the message.
Somewhere between earnestness and exaggeration, Rahul seems to be playing two roles—one of the lone warrior speaking truth to power, and another of the politician desperately trying to make noise loud enough to be heard over his party’s slipping numbers.
Still, you have to hand it to him—he never stops trying. While others choose silence or safe slogans, Rahul chooses flair. He doesn’t just say there’s a conspiracy—he builds the scene, names the cast, and leaves the audience guessing what comes next.
If only the voters were as gripped by the plot as he hopes.
