Earlier within the day, Rahul Gandhi stated Congress has “100 per cent proof” that the ECI allowed dishonest in a seat in Karnataka in the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Thursday fact-checked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his allegations of ‘vote fraud’ in a constituency in Karnataka in the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and stated that neither the grand previous occasion, nor any of its candidates, filed a petition on this regard.
In a press release, the ballot physique stated that political events can file an enchantment towards wrongdoings or deletions within the electoral rolls, but it surely obtained no such enchantment, whereas additionally noting that the electoral rolls are ready transparently.
“So far as electoral rolls of Karnataka Lok Sabha 2024 is anxious, not a single enchantment was filed with DM/ CEO of Karnataka, which was legitimate authorized treatment out there to INC beneath part 24 of RP Act 1950,” the ECI stated.
“So far as conduct of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is anxious, out of 10 Election Petitions, not a single Election Petition was filed by any dropping INC candidate, which was a authorized treatment out there to INC beneath Part 80 of RP Act 1951,” it famous.
What had Rahul Gandhi alleged?
Earlier within the day, the Chief of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha was requested in regards to the ballot physique’s Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, when he stated that his occasion has “100 per cent proof” that the ECI allowed dishonest in a seat in Karnataka in the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Rahul additionally warned the ballot physique and stated that the ECI can not get away with this. “We simply checked out one constituency and we discovered this. I’m completely satisfied that constituency after constituency, that is the drama that’s happening,” he stated, as reported by information company PTI.
Siddaramaiah backs Rahul’s claims
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah additionally backed the previous Congress president’s declare and stated that the grand previous occasion misplaced the 2024 normal elections within the state due to “unlawful manipulation” of the electoral course of. Congress staff had reported a number of suspicious actions in lots of constituencies throughout the state in the course of the polls, Siddaramaiah alleged.
“It’s now turning into more and more evident that the Congress Celebration’s setback was not because of public opinion however quite as a result of unlawful manipulation of the electoral course of, a manipulation carried out by the BJP via its misuse of the Election Fee,” the Karnataka CM stated, as reported by PTI.
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