The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday raised a strong objection to the claim of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in which he accused the Commission of allowing fraud in a Karnataka assembly seat.
Rahul Gandhi vs Election Commission
The Commission said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha not only made baseless allegations, but also tried to threaten a constitutional body. Rahul had said that the Congress has concrete and 100 percent evidence that the Election Commission allowed fraud in a Karnataka assembly seat.
You will not be able to escape from this, Rahul warns Election Commission
He had warned the Election Commission, saying, you will not be able to escape from it, because we are not going to leave you. Reacting to Rahul’s statement, a spokesperson of the Election Commission said that as far as the Karnataka elections are concerned, it is very unfortunate that the election petition as per Section 80 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, or if filed, or if filed, instead of waiting for the decision of the High Court, (Rahul), not only made baseless allegations, but also the option of threatening the Election Commission.
Baseless and threatened allegations
The spokesperson expressed surprise as to why such baseless and threatening allegations are being made and that too now. The spokesperson said that as far as the Karnataka voter list of last year’s Lok Sabha elections is concerned, no appeal was filed before any District Magistrate or Chief Electoral Officer of the state, which is a legitimate legal measure available for the Congress under Section 24 of the Representation of People Act.
He said that as far as the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are concerned, not one of the 10 election petitions has been filed by the Congress candidate. Rahul alleged that EC is not working as the Election Commission of India and not fulfilling his responsibility.
Political uproar over special intensive revision of voter list in Bihar
Asked about the alleged remarks of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, about the option of opening the option of boycott of the voter list in Bihar and the option of boycott of Bihar assembly elections, Rahul told reporters in the Parliament House complex that his party has concrete and 100 percent proof of permission to allow a seat in Karnataka.
We are not going to leave your chase, Rahul said
The former Congress president said, we took stock of only one constituency and we got all this. I am fully convinced that this drama is going on in one seat after the other … I want to give a message to the Election Commission- if you feel that you will escape from it, if your officials think that they will escape from it, then you are in misunderstanding. You will not be able to escape from this, because we are not going to leave you. “
Opposition is opposing SIR
Significantly, the opposition parties including the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal are opposing the ongoing intensive revision (SIR) in the election state Bihar. Citing SIR, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said, “I want to say to the youth of Bihar, this is not just theft of votes, this is your future theft. You should not let this theft be done. The whole India alliance stands with Bihar. We will never let this theft happen.”
What to say of the commission
The Election Commission is repeatedly repeating that as per the order of SIR, any voter or political party can file a claim in the event of missing the name by September 1 or can register an objection to the involvement involving the wrong name.
According to SIR, to register his name in the draft of the voter list to be published, the strict condition for the voter is to sign the pre-pronounced calculation form before July 25 and submit it. Assembly elections in Bihar are going to be held later this year.