New Delhi, June 21
Crying foul over what he described as 'fixed elections’, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned the impartiality of the Election Commission, hinting at alleged denial of information on the voters list, photo-video, or CCTV footage of the election.
In a post on X, Gandhi said, “It is clear - the match is fixed. And a fixed election is poison for democracy.”
Without referring to last year’s Maharashtra Assembly elections, which the Congress and its allies lost, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha alleged that attempts by Opposition parties to seek information on voter lists and CCTV footage of voting had run into a wall, raising doubts over the entire exercise being rigged.
“Voter list? Will not provide machine-readable format. CCTV footage? It was hidden by changing the law. Photo-video of the election? Now, not in 1 year, we will destroy it in 45 days only. The one from whom the answer was needed - is destroying the evidence,” said Gandhi, frowning over the revision of rules for the duration for which the ECI is mandated to preserve data and footage related to an election.