Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the Indian diaspora in Boston, alleged that the Election Commission of India is compromised. He cited irregularities in the Maharashtra assembly elections, claiming a statistically impossible surge in voter turnout within a short period. The Election Commission refuted these claims, stating that the electoral rolls were updated with minimal contestation.

The police arrested the man who shot himself along with two other people who supplied him with the gun, and were also present at the spot when the firing took place.

Following a cloudburst in Seri Bagna village of Ramban, J&K, flash floods caused the deaths of at least three in the region.