On Friday the Election Commission criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for obstructing the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
‘The Congress President had made caseless allegations regarding the release of voter turnout data in the middle of ongoing polls which are designed to create chaos, misdirection and impediments in the conduct of free and fair polls’, said the commission.
ECI rejects charges of mismanagement and delay in release of turnout data; says Kharge’s allegations are unwarranted, without facts and ‘reflective of a biased and deliberate attempt to spread confusion’
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The commission further said that such utterances can have a negative influence on voters participation and demoralize the large election machinery across states.
ECI called his statements aggression on vitals of live election operations. It said that the ECI was determined to act against developments which have a direct impact on the delivery of its core mandate.
The commission takes cognizance of Kharge’s letter addressed to leaders of INDI alliance on voter turnout data, and finds it highly undesirable. The commission categorically rejected Kharge’s contentions, calling them insinuations and innuendos.
The ECI asserted that no lapse in the collection and dissemination of voter turnout data; pilots all past and present procedures and practices; and provided point-by-point counters to reject
The Commission said it finds a ‘pattern’ in a series of past and present statements from INC and calls it ‘disconcerting”. The commission said, with all facts in place, the Congress President is attempting to push a biased narrative
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