CEC Rajiv Kumar reacts to Jairam Ramesh's claim of Amit Shah 'influencing' Returning Officers: 'How is it possible?'

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ALSO READ: Exit Polls 2024: Modi-led NDA poised for third term with 350-370 seats; what should investors do next?“There are allegations that ROs [Returning Officers] in large numbers were influenced. How can someone influence them all? Tell us who did this.

We will punish the person who did it. Tell us who did this before the counting day...It is not right that you spread a rumour and doubt everyone," Rajiv Kumar said in a press conference on Monday.Kumar's comments came after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that the “outgoing Home Minister" Amit Shah has been “calling up DMs [District Collectors]/Collectors".“So far he has spoken to 150 of them.

This is blatant and brazen intimidation, showing how desperate the BJP is," Ramesh said, further claiming that officers should not get under any pressure and must uphold the Constitution. "They are under watch," he said in a post on X.The Congress said, “Let it be very clear: the will of the people shall prevail, and on June 4th, Mr.

Modi, Mr. Shah, and the BJP will exit, and the INDIA Janbandhan will be victorious."Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's levelled allegations against Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah soon after exit poll results for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 suggested a landslide victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).While most of the exit polls predicted 350-370 seats for the NDA in the Lok Sabha polls, there were exit polls which suggested that the NDA could possibly win over 400 seats of the total 543 seats in the Lok Sabha.The Opposition called the exit poll prediction “false".