Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole criticised the new amendments in the conduct of Election Rules alleging that the Mahayuti government in the state returned to power by "stealing" the people's mandate.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued a statement on Sunday and demanded to withdrawal of Proposed Amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules.
This came in the wake of a recent Punjab and Haryana High Court directive in the Mahmoud Pracha vs ECI case, where the court ordered the sharing of all documents related to the Haryana Assembly elections, including CCTV footage under Rule 93(2) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.
The amendment by the Centre now restricts public scrutiny of certain electronic documents, including CCTV footage, based on a recommendation from the ECI. The Union Law Ministry recently amended Rule 93(2) to specify which documents are open to public inspection.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday demanded a reversal of purported changes in Conduct of Election rules by the BJP-led government and said it shows "they have a lot to hide, and want to keep the public in the dark about how the electoral process is functioning".
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 10 (ANI): BJP-JJP backed independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma wrote to the Election Commission of India, demanding the cancellation of votes of Congress MLAs Kiran Choudhry and BB Batra, due to "violation of the secrecy of votes in the Conduct of Elect