NEW DELHI: The Election Fee, following notices from the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of Karnataka and Haryana, has reiterated that Rahul Gandhi “nonetheless has time” he ought to both submit a proper declaration supporting his “vote theft” allegations or “apologise to the nation.”The Karnataka CEO has requested the Congress MP to submit paperwork to help his “vote theft” allegations towards the Election Fee of India.In a letter dated August 10, the Karnataka CEO famous that Rahul Gandhi, throughout his August 7 press convention, claimed to have introduced paperwork from ECI information alleging {that a} voter, Shakun Rani, voted twice based mostly on information proven by a polling officer. The polling physique mentioned that in a preliminary inquiry, Shakun Rani denied voting twice, and the tick-marked doc displayed by Rahul Gandhi was not issued by the polling officer, elevating doubts about its authenticity.The Karnataka CEO has requested Rahul Gandhi to “present the related paperwork” forming the premise of his allegation so {that a} detailed investigation will be carried out by the state’s electoral authorities.On August 7, citing inner evaluation, the Chief of the Opposition mentioned Congress had anticipated to win 16 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka however secured solely 9. He mentioned the celebration investigated seven sudden losses, specializing in Mahadevapura, the place he alleged vote theft involving 100,250 votes.“We discovered 100,250 votes stolen in 5 alternative ways. Duplicate voters, faux and invalid addresses, and bulk voters in a single tackle, in a constructing with 50–60 folks residing. However after we go there, there is no such thing as a file of these folks residing there. One household residing in that home,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned.The ECI, on Saturday, once more requested the Congress MP to both give a declaration in keeping with the foundations or apologise to the nation for what it known as “false” allegations about voter lists.