'Completely absurd': EC gives 6-point rebuttal to Rahul's 'polls rigged' claim

NEW DELHI: The election committee of India (ECI) connected Saturday refuted Congress person Rahul Gandhi's assertion of "match-fixing" successful elections, calling the allegations "completely absurd."While putting a constituent omniscient rebuttal of Congress MP's claims, the ECI said, "The full federation is alert that each predetermination process including the mentation of electoral rolls, polling and counting etc.

are each held by Government unit and that excessively successful the beingness of authorised representatives formally appointed by Political Parties/ Candidates from polling presumption upto constituency level."The apical canvass assemblage added successful its statement, "Any misinformation being spread, by anyone, is not lone a motion of disrespect towards Law, but besides brings disrepute to the thousands of representatives appointed by their ain governmental enactment and demotivates lakhs of predetermination unit who enactment untiringly and transparently during elections.""After immoderate unfavourable verdict by the voters, trying to defame the Election Commission by saying that it is compromised, is wholly absurd," the connection by ECI read.

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arlier successful the day, the person of absorption successful Lok Sabha outlined the alleged electoral irregularities successful a stepwise mode — fake voters are added, elector turnout is inflated, bogus voting is facilitated, and grounds is subsequently hidden."How to bargain an election? Maharashtra assembly elections successful 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy," Gandhi said portion sharing an nonfiction written by him.

"My nonfiction shows however this happened, measurement by step: Step 1: Rig the sheet for appointing the Election Commission. Step 2: Add fake voters to the roll. Step 3: Inflate elector turnout. Step 4: Target the bogus voting precisely wherever BJP needs to win. Step 5: Hide the evidence," Gandhi wrote."It's not hard to spot wherefore the BJP was truthful hopeless successful Maharashtra. But rigging is similar match-fixing - the broadside that cheats mightiness triumph the game, but damages institutions and destroys nationalist religion successful the result. All acrophobic Indians indispensable spot the evidence. Judge for themselves. Demand answers," Gandhi said."Because the match-fixing of Maharashtra volition travel to Bihar next, and past anyplace the BJP is losing," the person of absorption claimed successful his post.Debunking Gandhi's allegations, the ECI said successful its statement, "Electoral Rolls successful India, including Maharashtra, are prepared arsenic per the Representation of People Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. As per law, either conscionable earlier the elections and/or erstwhile each year, Special Summary Revision of the Electoral Rolls is conducted and a last transcript of the Electoral Rolls is handed implicit to each the National/State governmental parties, including Indian National Congress (INC)."The ECI connection further read, "After the finalisation of these Electoral Rolls during Maharashtra elections, arsenic against 9,77,90,752 Electors, lone a full of 89 appeals were filed earlier the 1st appellate authorization (DM) and lone 1 entreaty was filed earlier the 2nd appellate authorization (CEO). Therefore, it is amply wide that determination was nary grievance of INC oregon immoderate different governmental parties earlier the behaviour of Maharashtra Assembly Elections successful 2024.

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