‘Glaring irregularities’: Congress sends EC list of 13 more Haryana seats

“In furtherance of the issues raised and the practice submitted to the Election Commission of India connected 9th October, we person present submitted an updated memo highlighting superior and glaring irregularities successful the predetermination process successful 20 Assembly constituencies successful Haryana. We anticipation the Election Commission volition instrumentality announcement and contented due directives,” Congress wide caput in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said connected X.

During counting Tuesday, Ramesh had said that successful immoderate EVMs wherever the BJP won had a artillery percent of 99%, portion those with 60-70% artillery had Congress winning.

The updated memorandum Friday contained complaints regarding Indri, Badkhal, Faridabad NIT, Nalwa, Rania, Pataudi, Palwal, Ballabhgarh, Barwala, Uchana Kalan, Gharaunda, Kosli and Badshahpur seats, wherever it urged the EC to seal the EVMs and behaviour a elaborate inquiry.

Attached with the updated memorandum was a ailment from the party’s Panipat City campaigner Varinder Kumar, who alleged that galore EVM power units during counting showed a 99% battery. “This is highly antithetic and improbable, arsenic the machines were successful usage passim the polling day,” helium said.

He besides alleged his predetermination agents were not allowed to transportation copies of Form 17C wrong the counting halls and arsenic a result, the predetermination agents were incapable to lucifer the data, starring to suspicion of tampering. The signifier is the grounds of the fig of votes formed successful a polling presumption and is handed implicit to the candidates’ polling agents upon the adjacent of polling.

Rania campaigner Sarv Mitter besides alleged that predetermination agents were not allowed to instrumentality Form 17C copies wrong the hallway by the police, portion Dabwali campaigner Amit Sihag’s ailment said that his squad and voters had beardown suspicions that the power units of EVMs had been replaced.

The EC did not respond to requests for remark Friday. However, EC sources had told The Indian Express Wednesday that the show portion of the EVM artillery showed “99%” complaint till it reached 7.4 volts, starting from 8 volts. Once it dips beneath that, it starts to amusement the existent percentage. When the artillery reaches 10%, it has to beryllium changed.

In a missive to Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge, the EC had said Congress leaders’ statements that they don’t judge the Assembly canvass results were a measurement towards “undemocratic rejection of the volition of the people.”