New Delhi, September 18: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has termed the allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in a press conference today as false and baseless.
The Commission clarified that voter name can not be deleted from the voter list without a hearing, and that too through online medium. Such an attempt was made in 2023, on which the Commission itself has filed an FIR.
Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference at the Congress headquarters today, alleged that the votes of more than 6 thousand people were deleted from an assembly constituency in Karnataka. The Election Commission said on this that Rahul Gandhi’s allegations are false and baseless. No common citizen can delete anyone’s vote online. Also, votes cannot be deleted without giving the affected person an opportunity to be heard.
Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s press conference, the Commission stated that some unsuccessful attempts were made to delete voters’ names in the Aland Assembly constituency in 2023, and the Election Commission itself filed an FIR to investigate the matter.
The Commission noted that Congress leader BR Patil (Congress) won the Aland Assembly constituency in 2023. Subhash Guttedar of the BJP had previously won in 2018.