Gave itself a clean chit… Congress expressed objection to the Election Commission’s reply, warned of legal action

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday expressed strong objection to some strong comments made by the Election Commission regarding its complaints related to the Haryana Assembly elections and alleged that the Election Commission did not give a clear answer to its points and gave itself a clean chit. The party also said in a reply letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar that if the Commission persists on some of the harsh observations made about the Congress, it will have to seek legal recourse. On this letter sent by the Congress, the party organizations There are signatures of general secretary KC Venugopal, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, former Haryana chief minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda, party treasurer Ajay Maken, senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi and some other leaders. The Election Commission had on October 29 rejected Congress’s allegations of irregularities in the Haryana Assembly elections and said the party was raising doubts about the credibility of the overall election results as it had done in the past. .

Kharge targeted the Election Commission

In a letter sent to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Commission had made some strong observations regarding the claims of the main opposition party. It had said that such frivolous and baseless suspicions have the potential to create unrest, especially at a crucial stage like voting and counting, when the anxiety of political parties and the public is at its peak. In a reply letter sent to the Commission, Congress said that We have carefully studied your feedback on our complaints. It is no surprise that the Election Commission has given itself a clean chit. We would normally have left it. But the tone and tenor of the Commission’s response, the language used and the allegations made against the Congress compel us to react.

Questions raised on Election Commission

he/she said that we do not know who is advising or guiding the Honorable Commission, but it seems that the Commission has forgotten that it is a body constituted under the Constitution, which is charged with discharging some important functions. It is the responsibility to do. According to the Congress, if the Commission allows a recognized national party to be heard or investigates the issues raised by it, then it is not an exception. The main opposition party said that if the Election Commission persists in its observations , then there will be no option left except adopting the legal route to get them removed from the Commission’s letter.

Congress claims that the Commission has opposed almost all the steps related to transparency and increase in the number of VVPAT verification. It also says that if the Election Commission has set a target of completely ending its neutral nature. , then it is making significant progress in this direction. Congress alleged that instead of providing clarity on the complaints related to the batteries of electronic voting machines, an attempt has been made to create confusion and the complaints were not answered clearly.

he/she claimed that emphasis was laid on belittling the complaints and petitioners and an arrogant reply was given. In the assembly elections held on October 5 in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power by winning 48 out of 90 seats, while Congress won 37 seats, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won two seats and Independents won three seats. During counting at some polling stations of 26 assembly seats of Haryana, Congress found the battery level in the ‘control unit’ of the electronic voting machine (EVM) to be 99. Questions were raised on the percentage shown and clarification was sought.