CEC protecting vote chors and those destroying democracy: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi has accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those undermining Indian democracy by withholding information related to alleged voter deletions in Karnataka. The Election Commission has dismissed these allegations as baseless, while Gandhi claims that a significant number of votes were targeted for deletion using fraudulent methods. He has called for the CEC to provide the requested information to the Karnataka CID, warning of serious consequences if they fail to do so.
- ▪Rahul Gandhi accused the Chief Election Commissioner of protecting those attempting to delete voter names in Karnataka.
- ▪The Election Commission of India rejected Gandhi's allegations as incorrect and baseless.
- ▪Gandhi claimed that 6,018 votes were sought to be deleted in the Aland constituency using centralized software.
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Mounting a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the CEC of “protecting” those who are “destroying” Indian democracy by refusing to share technical details of persons behind an attempt to delete names of voters from the electoral rolls of an Assembly seat in Karnataka.The Election Commission of India (EC) rejected the Congress leader’s allegations as “incorrect and baseless”.Mr. Gandhi said that 6,018 votes were sought to be deleted in the Aland constituency using a centralised software and mobile phones registered outside Karnataka.
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