New Delhi, Oct 10, 2024: The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into “discrepancies” found in some electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes of the Haryana Assembly polls and demanded that such EVMs should be sealed and secured pending the inquiry.
A delegation of top Congress leaders comprising former CMs Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot and AICC leaders KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Pawan Khera, besides Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, met with top Election Commission officials here.
The delegation handed over a memorandum to the officials along with specific complaints from various constituencies in Haryana. The leaders alleged “glaring discrepancies” related to some EVMs in the Haryana polls and urged the EC to conduct a probe.
They alleged there were at least 20 such complaints, including seven in writing, from as many Assembly constituencies, with many referring to EVMs functioning at 99 per cent battery capacity whereas the average EVMs were found to be operating at 60 to 70 per cent battery capacity during counting.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi hinted at the party’s plans to approach the Election Commission, citing complaints from several Assembly constituencies.
‘We are analysing the unexpected result of Haryana. We will inform the Election Commission about the complaints we’ve received. Heartfelt thanks to the people of Haryana for their support and to our party workers for their tireless efforts. We will continue to fight for rights, social and economic justice, and truth,’ Gandhi wrote.
जम्मू-कश्मीर के लोगों का तहे दिल से शुक्रिया – प्रदेश में INDIA की जीत संविधान की जीत है, लोकतांत्रिक स्वाभिमान की जीत है।
हम हरियाणा के अप्रत्याशित नतीजे का विश्लेषण कर रहे हैं। अनेक विधानसभा क्षेत्रों से आ रही शिकायतों से चुनाव आयोग को अवगत कराएंगे।
सभी हरियाणा वासियों को…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 9, 2024
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