Rama Krishna Sangem
Chief Election Commissioner of India (EC) Gyanesh Kumar comprehensively rejected Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi’s charges of theft of votes by the commission through a special intensive revision of voters list in Bihar. Gyanesh, on the other hand, asked Rahul or anyone who doubt the revision, to come up with evidence by September 1, last date for draft list publication.
On a day when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav accused the poll body of acting as the BJP’s agent and “snatching people’s right to vote,” the Election Commission held a press conference to address the nation on August 17 Sunday…
Election Commission has rejected the claims made by Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over vote theft. The Commission asked Gandhi to either sign the declaration on issues he raised during the press conference which he believes is true or else apologise to the nation. In a social media post, the ECI said that if Gandhi does not sign the Declaration,
it would mean that he does not believe in his analysis and he is making absurd allegations. The poll body further clarified that during preparation of Electoral Roll in Lok Sabha elections 2024, hardly any appeals were filed by Congress across all 36 States and Union Territories under the Representation of the People Act.
The Commission mentioned that many such allegations are being made by Rahul Gandhi, though no written complaint ever being submitted by him. The poll body said, in the past as well, he has never personally sent a self-signed letter to the Commission.
Highlighting the Maharashtra election issue raised by Mr Gandhi in December 2024, the ECI said that it has issued reply in December last year which is publicly available on Commission’s website but Gandhi claims that ECI never responded.
