The Election Fee (EC) will maintain a press convention on Sunday amid allegations of “vote chori (theft)” levelled by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the “particular” intensive electoral roll revision in poll-bound Bihar.
The press convention will probably be held a 3 pm on Sunday, information company ANI reported.
It’s uncommon for the ballot authority to convene a proper press convention on points aside from saying election schedules.
EC to carry press convention: What’s anticipated?
Whereas the topic of the press convention has not been specified, officers stated it’s associated to latest allegations levelled in opposition to the Election Commision.
Gandhi has repeatedly accused the ballot panel of voter-data fudging and alleged that there was “vote theft” in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana.
The fee has requested the Congress chief to submit the names of these he claims have been wrongfully added or faraway from the voters’ checklist, together with a signed declaration.
The ballot authority additionally sought an apology from Rahul Gandhi, the Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha, if he fails to present an endeavor to again his allegations.
The Election Fee’s transfer to carry a Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ checklist in Bihar too is going through questions from the Opposition – who declare that the transfer will disenfranchise crores of eligible residents because of need of papers.
The Supreme Courtroom earlier requested the Election Comission to publish the small print of the 65 lakh deleted names from the voters’ checklist, with causes of non-inclusion, to reinforce transparency within the SIR in Bihar.
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’
The Election Fee’s presser comes onthe day Rahul Gandhi is about to start his 16-day-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram in poll-bound Bihar.
On Saturday, Bihar’s Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar stated, “Sources have revealed that the Election Fee will to carry a press convention tomorrow, whereas on the identical day, Rahul Gandhi is launching the ‘Voter Rights Yatra’ in Bihar.”
“How lengthy will they hold pulling strings to profit the BJP? Now, the Election Fee ought to cease conducting elections and immediately contest them as a substitute,” Kanhaiya Kumar stated in a put up on X.
The ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ is aimed toward making certain consciousness and application among the many frequent individuals about voter rights and protest in opposition to alleged irregularities within the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In response to PTI, the yatra will cowl 1,300 kilometres and can conclude with a mega rally in Patna on September 1, the place leaders of assorted INDIA events would attend.
Gandhi shared particulars of his yatra in a put up on X, saying, “16 days. 20 districts. 1,300 kms. We’re coming among the many individuals with the Voter Rights Yatra.”
“That is the combat to guard probably the most basic democratic proper – ‘one individual, one vote.’ Be part of us in Bihar to avoid wasting the Structure,” Gandhi stated.
