“From doubting EVMs to questioning voter turnout- How Congress has constantly tried to undermine the Election Commission of India”, Opindia, May 11, 2024:

“On Friday (10th May), the Election Commission of India gave a detailed 21-page rebuttal to dismiss the allegations leveled by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over the electoral process. The poll body termed his allegations around voter turnout data as “baseless” and stressed that such attempts could create an “anarchic situation, besides doubts and disharmony” among the voters and common Indians.

Notably, on 7th May, Kharge wrote a post on X, addressing the leaders of the I.N.D.I. alliance regarding the alleged discrepancies in the voting data released by the ECI.

Regarding Kharge’s post, ECI said, “Through innuendos and insinuations, the contents of the post tend to create disharmony in respect of the delicate space of election management, can plant doubts in the mind of voters and political parties.” It added that the charges were meant to “create confusion, misdirection, and impediments in the conduct of free and fair polls……”

Read the full article at Opindia.com