The Election Commission (EC) has written a letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In this, an invitation to discuss his allegations of rigging in Maharashtra assembly elections has been sent. According to ANI, the letter has also been sent to Mail and Rahul’s residence on 12 June.
The EC wrote in the letter- Electoral law, its rules passed by the Parliament of India and the instructions of the Election Commission from time to time are very strictly conducted in the country. The Maharashtra assembly election process is conducted centralized at the assembly constituency level.
It includes EC appointed BLO, 288 Electoral Registration Officer, 139 General Observer, 41 Police Observer, 71 Expenditure Observer and 288 Returning Officer and 1 lakh 8 thousand 26 booth level agents appointed by national and state political parties in Maharashtra. These include 28,421 agents of the Congress.
Here, Rahul Gandhi wrote in the X post- The voter list in his constituency of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Devendra Fadnavis) has increased by 8% in just 5 months. Some booths saw an increase of 20–50%. The BLO reported the votes of unknown persons.
The media discovered thousands of voters without verification addresses and the Election Commission is silent. Is this complicity? These are not different disturbances. This is the vote theft. Coverup is the confession. Therefore, we demand immediate release of machine reduced digital voter list and CCTV footage.
Chandigarh Mayor was rigged from webcasting
Rahul Gandhi alleges that Maharashtra assembly elections were rigged and a government of Mahayuti was formed in the state. Rahul had demanded the Election Commission to share the CCTV of webcasting of voting centers, which was turned down by the commission. The EC has said that by doing this, those who vote and do not vote may have to face trouble.
During the Chandigarh Mayor Election in January 2024, the election officer was accused of rigging the BJP candidate. CCTV footage was checked on the order of the Supreme Court, in which election officer Anil was seen tampering with Christ’s ballot paper. On this, the Election Commission had ordered voting again. After this, the Commission changed the rule twice.
