Congress flags with EC ‘serious inconsistencies’ in polling, counting processes in Maharashtra polls

Sharing the memorandum connected X, Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the leaders person raised superior issues which are being discussed successful the nationalist domain. They person asked the Election Commission (EC) for an in-person proceeding to contiguous the applicable grounds and rise constituency-wise issues arsenic well, helium said.

Here is simply a memorandum conscionable submitted to @ECISVEEP connected the Maharashtra assembly elections by Shri @NANA_PATOLE, Shri @MukulWasnik, and Shri Ramesh @chennithala

They person raised superior issues which are being discussed successful the nationalist domain. They person asked the EC for an in-person… pic.twitter.com/K4zfx5tjhF

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 29, 2024

In their memorandum, the Congress leaders said, “In fact, questions relating to Maharashtra’s elector information person besides been raised by a erstwhile Chief Election Commissioner, hence we are bringing the aforesaid to the attraction of this Commission.”

They flagged 2 issues of arbitrary deletion of voters and consequent summation of implicit 10,000 voters successful each constituency from the last elector lists arsenic good arsenic inexplicable summation successful voting percentages from 5 p.m. to the last elector percent declared by the Commission astatine 11:30 p.m. connected the time of polling connected November 20.

“In the days starring upto the polling day, the Indian National Congress (INC) and its allies received respective connected ground-level reports astir antithetic means being adopted by the ruling authorities to perpetrate ample standard electoral fraud crossed the Assembly Constituencies successful Maharashtra,” the memorandum said.

“With this workout of unchecked and arbitrary deletion and consequent insertion of voters, the authorities of Maharashtra witnessed an unprecedented summation of an estimated 47 lakh voters being added to the electoral rotation from betwixt July 2024 — November 2024,” the memorandum said.

It is important to enactment that retired of the 50 Assembly constituencies wherever determination was an mean summation of 50,000 voters, the ruling authorities and its allies secured triumph from 47 of these constituencies, the leaders argued.

“These information points connected a prima facie reading, demonstrates that — determination has been a important and inexplicable summation successful the fig of registered voters crossed the authorities of Maharashtra; and determination has been an workout of deletion and summation of names successful voters lists; each of which person conveniently worked to the vantage of the incumbent government,” the memorandum said.

This contented was duly raised by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) confederation connected October 19 earlier this Commission, helium said.
“However, nary cogent enactment was taken by this Commission connected the Representation dated 19.10.2024 submitted by the MVA Alliance successful this regard,” the memorandum said.

They urged the Commission to instantly undertake a thorough probe and hole a elaborate study connected the summation and deletion of voters successful Maharashtra.

Elaborating connected the different issue, the Congress leaders said respective glaring discrepancies person been reported successful the elector crook retired information for the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Pointing retired that arsenic per the information made disposable by this Commission, the polling percent crossed the authorities of Maharashtra astatine 5 p.m. was 58.22%, they said the percent was aboriginal reported to beryllium 65.02% arsenic of 11:30 p.m. connected the aforesaid day.

In fact, it is pertinent to spot reliance connected the statements by erstwhile Chief Election Commissioner of India SY Qureshi, who has gone connected grounds to authorities that the elector information that is made disposable connected the day of polling is recorded and updated successful existent time, therefore, determination is nary logical mentation of what has transpired successful Maharashtra, the Congress leaders said.

The mode successful which genuine doubts person arisen successful the minds of the electorate regarding the behaviour of escaped and just elections, it is imperative that this Commission provides a wide effect justifying the inconsistencies and the discrepancies which person been reported some anterior to the elections and station elections, they said.

“We would besides petition that this Commission assistance america an urgent in-person proceeding to rise each our issues successful detail. In fact, isolated from the 2 issues mentioned herein, determination are respective different constituency circumstantial issues which we would similar to rise earlier this Commission,” the Congress leaders said.

The BJP-led Mahayuti confederation scripted a almighty comeback successful the authorities assembly elections by winning 230 seats successful the 288-member House.

Recovering from its Lok Sabha elections losses, the BJP bagged 132 constituencies, the highest among each constituents of the Mahayuti. Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP besides performed well. The Shiv Sena won 57 seats portion the NCP won 41 seats.

The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a setback. The expansive aged enactment registered 1 of its worst performances successful the authorities assembly polls aft it won lone 16 seats. Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP) won conscionable 10 seats, whereas Uddhav Thackeray’s (UBT) won 20 seats