Accusing the Election Commission of India of tampering with voter data in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections, state Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday wrote to the ECI and asked how voter turnout increased by 7.83 percentage points after the official polling time had end
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Thursday slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over the alleged theft of voter data and said that this should be considered an "act of terror" and the accused in the case should be arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Preventi
The EC took Cong's complaint seriously and suspended two senior IAS officers, along with 3 electoral officers at Shivajinagar, Mahadevapura and Chickpet constituencies, the former CM said.
Election Commission of India on Friday issued directions to Chief Secretary and CEO of Karnataka in case of collection of voter data by a private entity in the BBMP area.
After NGO Chilume misused the voter data, Aam Admi Party urged the State Election Commission to conduct a probe into the irregularities. The AAP has urged State Election Commission to conduct a probe headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court.
The Congress had alleged that Hombale (now named Chilume) had been illegally revising the BBMP voters' list and Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai and Narayan were involved in it.