EC rejects Congress allegations of arbitrary addition, deletion of voters in Maharashtra
The poll panel also said that voter turnout data at 5 pm – when voting centres close – cannot be compared with the final tally.
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The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected the Congress’ allegations of arbitrary addition and deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Maharashtra, where Assembly elections were held in November.
The poll body also said that voter turnout data at 5 pm – when polls close – cannot be compared with the final tally.
On November 29, the Congress’ Maharashtra unit claimed in a letter to the Election Commission that there was an “unprecedented increase” of around 47 lakh voters in the electoral rolls between July and November. The Opposition party also claimed that an “implausible” 76 lakh votes were cast in the last hour of polling.
“It is significant to note that out of the 50 Assembly Constituencies where there was an average increase of 50,000 voters, the ruling regime and its allies secured victory from 47 of these Constituencies,” stated the letter sent by the party’s Maharashtra unit chief Nana Patole, state unit in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and party general secretary Mukul Wasni.
On November 23, the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra – comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena group led by Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Ajit Pawar – won 230 seats in the 288-member Assembly.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi – comprising the Shiv Sena (Uddhav...
