Critical Drawback With Countrys Election System: Rahul On Maharashtra Ballot

Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that there’s a “significant issue” with the nation’s election system and that the Election Fee wants to make sure there’s transparency in polls.

Sustaining that “one thing incorrect” has taken place in Maharashtra meeting elections, he mentioned the Congress and the opposition have been asking for voter lists of Maharashtra and Haryana elections, which the EC is refusing to supply.

He demanded that the EC come clear on the difficulty.

Gandhi, whereas addressing Congress leaders on the inauguration of the brand new celebration headquarters, alleged there was a rise of practically one crore voters between Maharashtra Lok Sabha and meeting elections however the Election Fee is neither answering the queries raised by the opposition nor the lists of voters.

“I need to ask you why would the Election Fee refuse to provide us voters’ lists of the Maharashtra election. What goal is served by not giving us and the remainder of the opposition the voter lists of the Maharashtra Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha election? Why will it injury the EC? Why are they not giving us the listing?

“It’s the obligation of the EC to make sure transparency in elections. If there is a rise of 1 crore in (the variety of) voters in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha in Maharashtra, it’s the obligation and sacred accountability of the Election Fee to point out us precisely why this has occurred. There’s a significant issue with our election system,” Gandhi mentioned.

Gandhi mentioned they may discover it “very troublesome” to just accept this as a result of they had been the individuals who have put in place the election system.

“However we have now to maintain it in thoughts there’s a drawback. And it’s the obligation of the Election Fee to come back clear and provides us the info of the Maharashtra and Haryana elections,” he famous.

The previous Congress president mentioned he had within the final CWC assembly clearly acknowledged that “one thing incorrect” has occurred in Maharashtra elections.

“I mentioned clearly that we’re not snug with the way in which the Election Fee is holding elections. I mentioned very clearly that the big variety of new voters which have instantly appeared, virtually a crore new voters which have instantly appeared between Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha is problematic,” Gandhi mentioned.

“I had put a problem clearly in entrance of the Election Fee. I mentioned clearly to the Election Fee by means of that assembly that it’s your obligation to make the voter listing clear to the opposition,” the previous Congress president mentioned.

Gandhi mentioned they wished to see the names of voters who voted in Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra and the names and addresses of voters in Vidhan Sabha and had the EC supplied that knowledge, the issue would have been solved. However the EC has refused to provide us that data, he famous

He additionally alleged that investigative companies, that are purported to probe crimes, are getting used towards the opposition and all of the opposition leaders.

Gandhi puzzled whether or not establishments within the nation had been working, alleging that a lot of the establishments had been “captured” by the RSS and the BJP.