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Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission Of India of “wrongdoing” in the Maharashtra Assembly elections
Election Commission has decided to give written reply to the accusations of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The Election Commission Of India (ECI) reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of irregularities in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections on Thursday.
The EC said that it would respond in writing and added that the commission deeply values views, suggestions, and questions which are raised by the political parties.
ECI considers political parties,as priority stakeholders,of course the voters being the prime & deeply values views, suggestions, questions coming from political parties. Commission would respond in writing with full factual &procedural matrix uniformly adopted across the country— Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) February 7, 2025
“ECI considers political parties, as priority stakeholders, of course the voters being the prime & deeply values views, suggestions, questions coming from political parties. Commission would respond in writing with full factual &procedural matrix uniformly adopted across the country,” stated the Election Commission on X.
Rahul Gandhi Accuses EC Of ‘Wrongdoing’ In Maharashtra Polls
Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of “wrongdoing” in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Friday and said that several anomalies have been spotted by the Opposition in the voter list.
Speaking in a press conference, Gandhi said: “We represent on this table – the entire opposition that fought the last election in Maharashtra. We are going to bring some information about the election. We studied the details – the voters and the voting list. Our teams have been working, and we have found many irregularities.”
“We need the voter list of the Lok Sabha election and Vidhan Sabha election to understand exactly who these new additional voters are. We also want to understand how so many voters were deleted and why voters from one booth were transferred to another – most of them were SC/ST voters,” he added.
Gandhi said that the Election Commission had not responded to the request and the only reason behind this was their wrongdoing in the election process.
“The election commission has not responded. Now, the only reason they would not respond is that there is something wrong with what they have done. I am not making any accusations. I am presenting data here clearly,” he said.
Our questions to the Election Commission on the Maharashtra elections:– Why did EC add more voters in Maharashtra in 5 months than it did in 5 years?
– Why were there more registered voters in VS 2024 than the entire adult population of Maharashtra?
– One example among many… pic.twitter.com/K7fOWdnXmV
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 7, 2025
Gandhi had also listed some questions for the Commission in a post on X which read, “Why did EC add more voters in Maharashtra in 5 months than it did in 5 years? Why were there more registered voters in VS 2024 than the entire adult population of Maharashtra?”
Meanwhile, reacting to Gandhi’s allegations, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “Election Commission has categorically replied to all the questions. Rahul Gandhi is doing a cover fire as he knows that after the February 8, Delhi Election results, his party will be nowhere in Delhi and hence, what he will speak on that day, how he will create a new narrative, he is practising for the same. If Rahul Gandhi does not introspect and will continue to console himself with lies – his party’s revival isn’t possible. Rahul Gandhi should introspect his defeat.”
