EC pulls up Congress' Kharge for 'obstructing' Lok Sabha elections through 'baseless allegations'
Election Commission of India on Friday criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for allegedly 'obstructing' the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The commission has termed Kharge's views as 'aggression on vitals of live election operations.'
"Baseless allegations regarding release of voter turnout data in middle of ongoing polls are designed to create confusion, misdirection and impediments in the conduct of free and fair polls. Utterances can have negative impact on voters’ participation and demoralize the large election machinery across states," news agency ANI quoted EC as saying.
“The pattern in series of past, present irresponsible statements from the Congress party is disconcerting,” the commission said.
The Opposition led by INDIA bloc of parties including Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India (M) wrote to the poll panel separately over the alleged 'delay' in releasing voter turnout numbers after the first two phases.
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