The Congress party has once again accused the Election Commission of irregularities in the Haryana assembly elections. The party on Friday alleged that the ECI did not give a clear answer to its complaints related to the Haryana elections, and gave itself a clean chit. In a reply letter to the Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission, Rajiv Kumar, the Congress also sarcastically said that if the Election Commission has set a goal to completely end its neutral character, then it is moving significantly in this direction.

What did the Election Commission tell Congress?

Let us tell you that the Election Commission had rejected the allegations of Congress related to irregularities in the Haryana Assembly elections on 29 October. It also said that the party is raising the same kind of doubts about the credibility of the entire election results as it did in the past. In a letter sent to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Commission had said that such "frivolous and baseless" doubts have the potential to create "disturbance". Especially in the crucial phase like voting and counting, when the restlessness of political parties and the public is at its peak.

ECI is giving clean chit to itself: Congress

In a reply letter to the Election Commission, the Congress said, “We have carefully studied your response to our complaints. It is not surprising that the Election Commission has given itself a clean chit. We would have normally left it alone, but the tone and tenor of the Commission's response, the language used and the allegations leveled against the Congress compel us to respond.”

The party said, we do not know who is advising or guiding the Hon'ble Commission. But it seems that the Commission has forgotten that it is a body constituted under the Constitution. It has the responsibility to discharge some important functions.

No response to complaints yet

According to the Congress, if the Commission allows a recognized national party to be heard or investigates the issues raised by it, then it is not an exception. The party alleged that instead of clarity on the complaints related to the battery of the electronic voting machine, an attempt has been made to confuse. Also, the complaints were not answered clearly.

The party claimed that there was an emphasis on belittling the complaints and petitioners and an arrogant reply was given. Let us tell you that during the counting of votes at some polling booths of 26 assembly seats in Haryana, Congress had raised questions and sought clarification on the battery level of the 'control unit' of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) being shown as 99 percent.