Haryana Assembly election consequence: Congress stated it can’t settle for the ballot consequence (File).
New Delhi:
The Election Commission on Tuesday criticised the Congress for making “baseless allegations… when confronted with inconvenient electoral outcomes”. The sharp rebuke comes after the Congress’ repeated claims – between October 8 and 10 and once more on October 14 – about procedural irregularities through the Haryana election that it misplaced to the Bharatiya Janata Party, regardless of racing into a giant early lead.
In a fierce assertion the EC rejected the Congress’ claims – particularly “an unexplained slowdown in updating of (Haryana election) outcomes” on its web site on counting day – October 8 – for 2 hours.
The EC cautioned the Congress, and different political events, in opposition to making “unfounded and sensational complaints” throughout an election, together with when votes are forged after which counted.
“Irresponsible…”: EC Slams Congress
“Irresponsible allegations can result in public unrest, turbulence, and chaos,” the EC stated, and urged the Congress to take “agency and concrete steps and curb (this) tendency of frivolous complaints”.
“Each step within the electoral course of in Haryana was flawless and executed beneath the watch of Congress candidates or brokers,” the EC identified in a proper response operating into 1,600 pages.
The doc contained point-by-point rebuttals to every of the Congress’ complaints, from a requirement for clarification on the battery standing of the counting unit (CU) of the digital voting machines (EVM) to the “deliberate slowdown within the velocity of counting and importing of information” on the EC web site.
On issues concerning the battery, the EC stated the show of voltage and capability is “irrelevant to the EVM’ s vote-counting performance and integrity”. “Battery standing displayed on CU serves solely to help technical groups in monitoring energy ranges… to make sure easy operation throughout polling,” the EC stated.
The battery ranges might affect voting outcomes was dismissed as “preposterous”.
The EC stated it had forwarded all the Congress’ complaints to the ROs, or Returning Officers, and that every official had submitted studies that confirmed a cleanly-conducted election. It additionally famous the complaints had been “too common… as if candidates filed these beneath some ‘frequent’ route”.
Haryana’s Chief Electoral Officer had additionally rejected the Congress’ claims.
Haryana Election: What Happened?
On October 8 – when it turned clear the Congress’ early lead had slipped away and the BJP was set for a storming comeback win – the get together filed a criticism in opposition to “dangerous religion actors”.
The Congress red-flagged issues that incorrect, or delayed, tendencies for some seats “can then be utilized by these mala fide (dangerous religion) actors to affect processes the place counting remains to be underway…”
The EC had then hit again instantly and dismissed the Congress’ “ill-founded” issues.
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The ballot panel stated it “unequivocally rejects your try and surreptitiously give credence to irresponsible, unfounded and uncorroborated mala fide narratives”.
A day later the EC once more criticised the Congress.
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This was after the get together, in an unprecedented transfer, stated it couldn’t settle for the decision of the Haryana Assembly election. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh stated, “The Haryana outcomes are surprising, shocking and counter-intuitive… it isn’t doable for us to simply accept the outcomes.”
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The EC stated the Congress’ assertion on the decision was “unheard (of) within the wealthy democratic heritage” of the nation and much from a reputable a part of free speech.
The BJP retained management of Haryana after profitable 48 of the state’s 90 Assembly seats. The Congress gained 37, with the 5 remaining divided between the Indian National Lok Dal and independents.
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