Nana Patole slams EC order to destroy ballot footage after 45 days, alleges collusion with Centre

Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday, 20 June, criticised the Election Fee for its directions, as reported within the media, to destroy CCTV, webcasting and video footage of any election course of after 45 days, accusing it of “collusion” with the Union authorities.

Fearing the usage of its digital knowledge to create “malicious narratives”, the EC in a letter on Could 30 instructed the state ballot officers to destroy such footage after 45 days if the decision shouldn’t be challenged in courts earlier than that.

Patole, a former Maharashtra meeting Speaker, mentioned at a press convention in Mumbai that some individuals had approached the Excessive Courtroom of Punjab and Haryana after elections in Haryana, and the court docket directed the fee to make obtainable CCTV footage of the election course of.