Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), asserting that it is "not a Court" and should not act like one while entertaining petitions or complaints.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi called on the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to the concerns raised by Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi about electoral duplication.
"Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the people of Mahadevapura and the nation for misguiding the people of Karnataka and bringing discredit to the constitutional bodies like the Election Commission," Bommai told ANI.
"BJD is the first party in the state to raise the issue of discrepancies between votes polled and votes counted, as well as the alarming increase in votes polled after 5 pm... BJD had taken it to the ECI. We had raised serious misgivings not only about possible errors in the machine but also
"Rahul Gandhi as a Leader of the Opposition has clearly asked five pertinent questions to the Election Commission of India with evidence. Instead of responding to those five questions, they are issuing a notice to Rahul Gandhi. We are not afraid of any notice from the Election Commission
It has been over a week since the EC asked to submit claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral roll of Bihar, which was published on August 1.
Thackeray questioned the EC's stance on feeling superior to the Supreme Court, particularly regarding the submission of names of individuals deleted from Bihar's voter list. Thackeray urged the EC to engage in an open debate with Rahul Gandhi, rather than issuing rebuttals.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its handling of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations related to voter lists, saying that the constitutional body is "hurting its reputation".
"...The Congress party is involved in scams. They lose elections. When they lose elections, they have to blame someone; sometimes, they blame EVMs. Sometimes on VVPAT. Sometimes on the Election Commission of India. Sometimes they abuse the public and make false allegations without facts.
The Election Commission of India (ECI), after considering all the facts and recommendations of the Chief Electoral Officers (CEO), has delisted 334 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPP).
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, to give a formal complaint regarding his "vote theft" allegation against the Election Commission of India(EC). The party's National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also alleged that the Congre
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh backed the Election Commission for conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound Bihar.