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Fact checkElection Commission

Claim that ECI took down its 26 September Form 6 press note is false

The Election Commission rejected the claim and shared a link to the note on 5 October, and PIB Fact Check called it fake. LokVox has not yet opened the page itself.

From the editorial deskPublished

The claim

The Election Commission removed its 26 September 2026 press note on Form 6 from its website after the Supreme Court said it had not approved any modification to Form 6.

Claim by: Ashutosh Ranka, Cockroach Janta Party
Seen on: X, then shared by political handles, first seen 5 October 2026

Verdict: False

  1. True
  2. Mostly true
  3. Misleading
  4. False

What we found

The claim is false on the available record. On 5 October 2026 the Election Commission rejected claims that it had withdrawn its 26 September press note from its website and shared a link to the note to show it was still available, PTI reported. PIB Fact Check called the claim fake and shared the official ECI link to the note.

LokVox could not open the ECI website to check the page itself, so this rating rests on the Commission’s response and PIB’s check as reported by news agencies. It will be updated once the desk has confirmed the page directly. The claim is about whether a document exists online, which anyone can test by opening Press Note No. 120 on the ECI website.

The rating covers only the removal claim. It does not address the separate dispute over who approved changes to Form 6, which is before the Supreme Court.

The Form 6 press note dispute

  1. 26 Sep 2026ECI issues Press Note No. 120 after a meeting of the full Commission
  2. 5 Oct 2026Supreme Court bench says it has not approved any modification to Form 6
  3. 5 Oct 2026After the court's remark, Ashutosh Ranka posts that the note was taken down
  4. 5 Oct 2026ECI and PIB Fact Check say the note is still online

The evidence

What the post said

The Economic Times reported that Ashutosh Ranka of the Cockroach Janta Party posted on X that the court’s observation contradicted the ECI’s 26 September statement and that the press note was later taken down. The post followed the Supreme Court’s remarks on 5 October.

Source:The Economic Times via inkl, 5 October 2026

The ECI says the note was never removed

PTI reported on 5 October that “the EC rejected claims that it has withdrawn the September 26 press note from its website” and “shared link of the press note to assert that the statement was still available”. In its own post on X, the Commission quoted Point 1(iii) of Press Note No. 120, dated 26 September 2026: “The declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR has been upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court,” Daily Jagran reported.

Sources:PTI via ThePrint, 5 October 2026Daily Jagran, 5 October 2026

Why this claim spread

The post came after a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana said: “Any modification to Form 6 has not been approved by us.” The same day Rahul Gandhi accused the Chief Election Commissioner of changing Form 6, and the ECI labelled his post misleading, Daily Jagran reported. The Commission had earlier dropped the extra SIR declaration from online Form 6 in states where the revision was complete, PTI reported.

Sources:Daily Jagran, 5 October 2026PTI via Business Standard, 30 September 2026