Haryana polls: Congress files complaints with EC over EVM tampering allegations


New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS): The Congress party, on Wednesday, lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission, alleging discrepancies in the battery strengths of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the Haryana elections.

According to the party, these inconsistencies may have affected the election results.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera stated that complaints from 20 constituencies have been submitted to the Election Commission (EC), with seven documented in writing.

The party has demanded that all EVMs be sealed and secured until a thorough investigation is completed, he said.

Khera further added that additional complaints are being collected and will be submitted in the next 48 hours.

The Congress party claims that EVMs with a 99 per cent battery charge showed results favouring the BJP, while those with lower battery levels (60-70 per cent) showed Congress victories.

The Election Commission has assured Congress that it will review the complaints and investigate the alleged tampering.

Senior Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Udai Bhan Singh, Pawan Khera, K.C. Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, and Ajay Maken and others, met with EC officials on Wednesday to present the party's concerns.

The party had on Tuesday, on the day of the election results, had raised doubts over the Haryana poll results and called it unacceptable.

Expressing disbelief, the party claimed that the results contradicted public sentiment and ground realities.

The ruling BJP on Tuesday crossed the majority mark in Haryana by winning 48 seats, a rise from 40 seats in 2019 in the 90-member Assembly. However, the Congress could win only 37 seats in the state.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had also said that the Haryana result was a surprise.

He said, the party is assessing the public opinion. “After talking to our ground workers, getting complete information and verifying the facts, a detailed response will come from the party,” he had said.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Dinesh, Dubai

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    Golmal Master ........Power ke liye kuch bhi karega..... Culprit who planned this Election Fraud to be hanged for Anti national and Anti Constitutional Activity

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  • GANESH G S, MANGALORE

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸ್ ಗೆದ್ದರೆ ಮತಯಂತ್ರ ( ಇ ವಿ ಯಂ ) ಸರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ . ಬಿ ಜೆ ಪಿ ಗೆದ್ದರೆ ಮತಯಂತ್ರ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿಲ್ಲ .. ಈ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೇಸ್ ಗೆ ಮತ ಚಲಾಯಿಸುವವರು ಇದ್ದಾರಾ ? ಅದನ್ನು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೇಸ್ ಮೊದಲು ಅರಿಯ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ . ಮತ ಯಂತ್ರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೇಸ್ ನ "ಅದೇ ರಾಗ ಅದೇ ಹಾಡು "

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    Election and counting should be conducted through SC and not under EC or central Government. I think it clear all doubts.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    E C. is a friend of Bandututva's Hindutva.

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  • Pradeep Kumar, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    Majority of Hindus never support present Cong party becz of there anti Hindu statement & policy. They think Hindus are fool by dividing cast .

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  • Kevin, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    What if the EVMs have pagers in them. We know for certain that Israel controls the world. All hail Lord Sidda and his excellency who will rid us from the tyranny of fanatics.

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  • Francis, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    All the exits polls of people’s opinion are wrong ? People’s issues like Kisan/ MSP, Jawan/Agniveer, Pailwaan:Youth unemployment, are sidelined by people of Haryana and voted BJP again ? 9 cabinet ministers have lost the election, coalition partner JJP is washed out, but BJP is won with higher votes and more seats than before. BJP and company thinking all people are fools.

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  • Kiran Poojary, Bengaluru/Mangaluru

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    They started celebrations in Haryana in the morning and by evening they started blaming EVM.

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  • Kiran Poojary, Bengaluru/Mangaluru

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    These people did not have any problems with J and K result

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  • Sandesh, Mangalore / Dubai

    Thu, Oct 10 2024

    Because of EVM BJP got 28 seats in J&K. Otherwise no chance of even 10 seats..

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  • Yogi, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    The not so grand but old party is going overboard it's complaints against tampering of EVMs. All it's allies are strangely mum. Is it because the party disregarded them in Haryana ? Anyway, the party needs to introspect it's consistent defeats at the hustings from other angles instead of indulging in old blame games. Reorganization of the party with the change of its central leadership at the outset would be the first few effective steps..

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  • Sense_shetty, Kudla

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    I was initially skeptical about the Congress's claims of EVM tampering, but now I have serious doubts. Even Elon Musk once affirmed that any electronic device, including EVMs, can be hacked. This is why no European or American countries use EVMs

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, India

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    Election commission officials are currently partying with the BJP top brass at their residence.

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  • Mudaramaiaha, Mysore

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    And same EC is partying with NC and Congress in J&K… EC has completed the party with congress in Karnataka, may be fund related to Valmiki caste was paid and also couple of MUDA site would have been given

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    Recently in Israel -lebanon conflicts 1000s of pagers and mobiles blasted, killing some and injuring 100s. So, electronic equipment are tamper proof claim is for only some fools to belive. Now, why this question comes only where opposition gets defeated, not where it wins? It is good to check both lHaryana and JnK.

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  • Agnes, wholmes004@gmail.com

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    How pathetic this is like victim complaining to the cop who helped the robbers.

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  • Manohar, Udupi

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    Kuch golmal hai...cant trust BJP anymore.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Wed, Oct 09 2024

    BJP can never win without ...

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