Why has Commission failed to issue clarification?: Kharge
Congress has been complaining about lack of level playing field
Is there an issue with the EVMs?: Kharge
Indian National Congress (INC) President Mallikarjun Kharge has raised questions at the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a delay in publishing data pertaining to voter turnout in the first and second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. He published a letter addressed to leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on May 7th when the third phase of the election was underway. “It is in public domain on how the ECI, perhaps for the first time in history, delayed the release of the final voting percentages of the First and Second phase of the Lok Sabha elections…On earlier occasions the Commission has published voter turnout data within 24 hours of polling. What has changed this time? Why has the Commission failed to issue any clarification to justify the delay, despite being repeatedly questioned by political parties as well as political activists? Is there an issue with the EVMs,” the letter mentioned.
Kharge hinted at a possible manipulation of the results. “If the voter turnout data was published within 24 hours of voting along with the crucial figures, then we would have known if the increase (of ~5%) had been witnessed across constituencies? Or only in constituencies where the ruling regime had not performed well in the 2019 elections,’ the letter added. The Congress has been complaining about the lack of a level playing field and a bias from the ECI in the leadup to the election.
My letter to the leaders of INDIA parties, regarding the discrepancies in the voting data released by Election Commission of India and non-publishing of registered voters.
Sharing the text of the same –
2024 Lok Sabha elections is the fight to save Democracy and the… pic.twitter.com/cwIokvYlIo
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 7, 2024
Why has Commission failed to issue clarification?: Kharge
Congress has been complaining about lack of level playing field
Is there an issue with the EVMs?: Kharge
Indian National Congress (INC) President Mallikarjun Kharge has raised questions at the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a delay in publishing data pertaining to voter turnout in the first and second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. He published a letter addressed to leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on May 7th when the third phase of the election was underway. “It is in public domain on how the ECI, perhaps for the first time in history, delayed the release of the final voting percentages of the First and Second phase of the Lok Sabha elections…On earlier occasions the Commission has published voter turnout data within 24 hours of polling. What has changed this time? Why has the Commission failed to issue any clarification to justify the delay, despite being repeatedly questioned by political parties as well as political activists? Is there an issue with the EVMs,” the letter mentioned.
Kharge hinted at a possible manipulation of the results. “If the voter turnout data was published within 24 hours of voting along with the crucial figures, then we would have known if the increase (of ~5%) had been witnessed across constituencies? Or only in constituencies where the ruling regime had not performed well in the 2019 elections,’ the letter added. The Congress has been complaining about the lack of a level playing field and a bias from the ECI in the leadup to the election.
My letter to the leaders of INDIA parties, regarding the discrepancies in the voting data released by Election Commission of India and non-publishing of registered voters.
Sharing the text of the same –
2024 Lok Sabha elections is the fight to save Democracy and the… pic.twitter.com/cwIokvYlIo
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 7, 2024
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