Cong asks EC to declare Haryana results at once

June 10, 2022 20:07

Congress team reaches ECI office

The Congress on Friday accused the BJP of trying to defeat the process of free and fair elections to the Rajya Sabha in Haryana and demanded that the Election Commission declare the poll results in the state immediately.

A delegation of Congress leaders comprising Pawan Kumar Bansal, Vivek Tankha and Ranjeet Ranjan met the Election Commission and handed over a memorandum by Ajay Maken, its candidate for the Rajya Sabha poll in the state.

Party leaders Bhupesh Baghel, Bhupender Singh Hooda, P Chidambaram and Randeep Surjewala joined the meeting with the EC virtually and raised their objections over the delay in declaring the results, soon after a delegation of BJP leaders questioned the poll process in Haryana.

Congress's Rajya Sabha candidate for Haryana Ajay Maken urged the Chief Election Commissioner to declare the results after rejecting the "frivolous" objection by the BJP over alleged violation of the secrecy of the ballot.

In his letter to CEC Rajiv Kumar, Maken has alleged "unwarranted and illegal interference" by Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma and the BJP in the election process.

Maken, a former Union minister, alleged they have raised frivolous objection before the returning officer with the sole agenda to "defeat the process of free and fair elections."

The Congress candidate claimed the returning officer has already rejected the objections of Sharma and the BJP about the votes of its MLAs Kiran Choudhary and B B Batra, saying there has been no breach of secrecy of the ballot papers.

He also shared the hand-written remarks of the returning officer, dismissing the claims made by the BJP and the independent candidate.

"Fearing the loss of face in Rajya Sabha election results the BJP has resorted to cheap politics stalling counting of votes in Haryana. Please have a look at the Returning Officer's decision rejecting the BJP's objections. Is democracy still alive in India," he asked in a tweet while sharing the remarks of the RO.

"After receiving flak from the returning officer, and the observers of the election commission, BJP is moving to the ECI to stall the counting. Why is the BJP scared of counting of votes???," he asked.

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