NEW DELHI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday refuted Congress’ declare that it rejected the social gathering’s software to ship SMSes to its employees in Maharashtra to tell them a few documentary about how the Maharashtra 2024 elections have been “stolen.“In a social media submit on X, Trai mentioned that no software was rejected because the company “would not approve particular person SMS templates.”“No software was acquired by Trai for sending SMS to a political social gathering’s Maharashtra cadre on how the 2024 Meeting election was ‘stolen’,” it mentioned.“Trai would not approve particular person SMS templates,” it added.It mentioned the applying was rejected by the service supplier and Trai was “at no stage concerned on this course of.”“As per the picture, it’s clear that it was rejected by the service supplier, STPL,” it mentioned.“Apparently the applying was submitted to one of many service suppliers who rejected it. Trai was at no stage concerned on this course of. In actual fact, Trai doesn’t cope with approval of particular person message templates,” it added.Earlier Congress had claimed that the telecom regulatory authority reportedly rejected the applying telling the social gathering the messages couldn’t be despatched as they have been “protest content material”.Congress information analytics division chairman Praveen Chakravarty questioned how Trai’s refusal represented “good synchronisation between house ministry, EC and telecom regulator to suppress.” He added, “Does one want extra telltale indicators of guilt of Maharashtra election fraud than such coordinated strikes by varied arms of the government to suppress and conceal info?”He mentioned the applying for sending the SMS was filed as per the laid down course of, and shared a screenshot of the message despatched by authorities rejecting Congress’s software.Social gathering MP Manickam Tagore dubbed Trai’s determination as ridiculous and remarked that Trai appears to have turn out to be the IT cell of BJP. “Who controls this censorship chain? Amit Shah, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Gnaneshwar (Kumar). House ministry surveillance. Railways/telecom ministry blocks communication. EC silent spectator. One coordinated machine to cover the reality of Maharashtra 2024 fraud. Amit Shah, if Maharashtra elections weren’t stolen, why are you so terrified of a YouTube hyperlink,” he mentioned.Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused EC of withholding info essential to nail the culprits behind “vote chori” in Aland meeting seat in Karnataka the place, he mentioned, “cast” Type 7 was used to take away voters forward of the 2023 elections. He mentioned a case was filed after the “subtle operation” was uncovered, and a probe ordered by state CID. “However this is the twist: whereas EC had earlier shared a part of the paperwork wanted to hint the forgery, it has now stonewalled the essential info – successfully shielding these behind the ‘vote chori’... Who’s it defending?” he mentioned.