‘Clear Try To Mislead’: EC Truth-Checks Congress On Bihar ‘Vote Theft’ Video
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The video, shared by Congress on X, reveals a number of folks making severe claims about faux voters and lacking names within the electoral roll
The Election Fee flagged Congress’ video as “deceptive” and posted a fact-check on its official deal with on X. (picture through @ECISVEEP)
The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Saturday slammed the Congress occasion over a video shared on social media, calling it AI-generated and “not actual”.
The ballot physique stated the video is a “clear try and mislead the folks of Bihar”.
The video, posted on Congress’s official X deal with on Saturday, reveals a number of folks making severe claims about faux voters and lacking names within the electoral roll. It incorporates a girl saying actual voters had been proven as lifeless, an outdated man claiming 80 faux voters had been registered at his deal with, and one other man saying his voting rights had been “stolen”. These scenes embody a disclaimer saying they’re AI-generated.
The video ends by urging folks to affix Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar to protest alleged “vote theft” and irregularities within the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls within the state.
Hours after the video was posted, the Election Fee flagged it as “deceptive” and posted a fact-check on its official deal with on X. It stated the video is fake and added that the electoral roll in Bihar is being ready as per regulation, with full transparency.
The Fee defined that the method entails the Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), and greater than 90,000 Sales space Degree Officers (BLOs) throughout the state. It additionally stated each voter within the Meeting constituency takes half within the verification course of.
The ECI additional acknowledged that greater than 1.6 lakh Sales space Degree Brokers (BLAs) from all 12 recognised political events, together with the Congress, are concerned within the voter roll replace.
The ballot physique warned that spreading false data can injury public belief in elections and urged folks to not fall for digitally altered movies.
In the meantime, the Congress has claimed the video confirmed the true considerations about voter knowledge and referred to as for motion by way of Gandhi’s yatra. The ECI, nonetheless, maintained that the SIR course of is being carried out pretty and transparently with the involvement of all stakeholders.
(With inputs from companies)
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