The contemporary rebuttal comes after the Election Fee on Friday rejected the Congress chief’s claims of “vote theft”, calling the allegations baseless and his statements “deplorable”.
The face-off between the Election Fee and Rahul Gandhi grew extra intense on Saturday with the apex ballot physique once more debunking the Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition’s claims of vote theft in Maharashtra and releasing a letter written to him for a dialogue on the problem again in June.
EC sources additional bashed Gandhi’s statements, reiterating that he has not replied to the letter until date, as a result of his statements are “baseless”.
EC’s unanswered letter to Rahul Gandhi
The letter written by EC Secretary Ashwani Kumar Mohal on June 12 was response to an article written by Rahul Gandhi within the Indian Categorical newspaper on June 7 by which he laid allegations of vote theft in the course of the Maharashtra Meeting elections 2024. The letter additionally talked about have been raised by the Congress and thos have been aprly answered and resolved. The EC additional affirmed that every one electoral proccesses are held in a good method as per the regulation and guidelines, but when Gandhi nonetheless has any points, he can write again or meet in particular person to debate all points.
This very letter, the EC says, was by no means responded to by Gandhi, not he organized an in-person assembly. The Fee additionally famous that Gandhi had by no means submitted any formal criticism or letter on the matter.
What Rahul Gandhi mentioned about elections
The contemporary rebuttal comes after the Election Fee on Friday rejected the Congress chief’s claims of “vote theft”, calling the allegations baseless and his statements “deplorable”.
The Fee mentioned Rahul had gone as far as to threaten the ballot physique and its workers.
Have open and shut proof in opposition to EC: Rahul
Persevering with his criticism on Saturday, the Rae Bareli MP claimed his celebration possessed “open and shut” proof of electoral irregularities and warned that the ballot authority would have “no place to cover” as soon as the knowledge got here to mild.
As Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, Gandhi likened the proof of alleged irregularities to an “atom bomb”, asserting that when revealed, it will expose the Fee utterly. Gandhi additionally alleged malpractice within the 2023 Madhya Pradesh meeting elections, the current Lok Sabha polls, and the Maharashtra meeting elections.