New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday asserted that it’s stunning to see the Election Fee responding to a letter written by him to the leaders of the INDIA-bloc however selecting to disregard a number of complaints Kharge raised on to the ECI.
Earlier, in a letter addressed to the CEC and several other election commissioners, Kharge identified the electoral committee’s lack of immediate motion in addressing the overtly communal and caste-driven remarks made by leaders of the governing get together.
Reacting to the letter by the Congress president expressing issues relating to the delay in disclosing the voter turnout for the 2 phases of Lok Sabha polls, the Fee stated that it’s an try to advertise a prejudiced narrative below the pretext of looking for clarifications.
Kharge responded to the EC’s comment and stated that the letter was clearly addressed to the alliance leaders and never the fee.
“It’s stunning that the Election Fee of India wished to reply to this letter whereas ignoring a number of different complaints given on to it. I’ve sure misgivings concerning the language of the letter, however I cannot press on that concern as I perceive the pressures they’re working below,” reported PTI, citing Kharge’s letter despatched to the EC on Saturday.
He stated that whereas the EC letter says that it respects residents’ proper to inquire, then again, it “threatens residents within the type of an recommendation to train warning.”
Kharge stated, “I’m pleased that the Fee understands that it has the mandate to conduct clean, free, and honest elections below the structure. Nevertheless, the shortage of urgency proven by the Fee in performing in opposition to blatantly communal and casteist statements being made by the leaders of the ruling get together that vitiate the electoral course of appears puzzling,” reported PTI.
In a five-page reply containing a number of annexures, the election fee dismissed accusations of mismanagement and tardiness in disclosing voter turnout statistics for the preliminary two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. It labelled Kharge’s allegations as unwarranted,” ” “with out details,” and “reflective of a biased and deliberate try and unfold confusion”.
Within the letter, the Congress chief talked about that, in addition to delaying voter turnout, the ECI didn’t point out a number of essential knowledge factors, akin to votes solid in every parliamentary constituency and their corresponding meeting constituencies.
Opposition leaders on Friday met with senior officers of the Election Fee to deal with issues over voter turnout statistics and complaints concerning the violations of the mannequin code by leaders of the ruling get together.