Rahul's Dehradun Remark, EC IT Head Seema Khanna, Voter Roll Row

A major political row has erupted over Dr Seema Khanna, the Election Commission of India's Director General of Information Technology, following remarks by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi questioning her presence in Dehradun. Khanna, who joined the poll body on deputation from the National Informatics Centre in 2025, oversees digital infrastructure including ECINet and ERONet. Concerns were raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi over whether Electoral Registration Officers had adequate software access to manage and correct voter lists independently. The Election Commission clarified Khanna was in Dehradun overseeing election preparedness for Uttarakhand's upcoming assembly polls, amid opposition scrutiny over voter data transparency.