Election Commission of India

Election Commission rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats claiming that BJP won seats with more battery charge levels

In addition to weaving a narrative around the “Hum hare nahi, humein haraya gaya hai” argument, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written a letter to the Election Commission alleging a delay in updating the date on its website.

The clarification published by Mid-Day covered a very small portion on the front page of the newspaper that too next to a large report on Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Such difference in the size of the reports and clarification, irrespective of the page on which the latter was published, is bound to be missed by the readers.

Election Commission of India has released a statement confirming that Mid-Day report claiming EVM unlocked by phone using OTP is fake

"If so many questions are being raised on EVM, after these elections processes, Election Commission should come forward and place the EVM (before people) - that come and try to hack it in the presence of security in a hall. Who is uploading programming in the EVM? Election Commission. You don't give the same programming to the candidates," Pratap Singh Khachariyawas told ANI.

Congress worker Jagdish Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the elections have been looted adding that the counting of votes is just a formality because the people of the country believe in the Constitution.

After former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the numbers of many Electronic Voting Machines in his constituency, Rajnandgaon, have changed, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state clarified in a series of posts on 'X' that the "mismatch" in EVMs number shared with Baghel is not based on facts.

The Election Commission of India has rejected Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh' request to be given 1 week's time to respond to their letter. The ECI has asked the Congress leader to reply by 7 pm today regarding the claims he made earlier.

An official told ANI, "The decision was taken anticipating post-poll violence in West Bengal."

The latest allegation from Jairam Ramesh revolves around questioning the integrity of the Returning Officers (District Magistrates/Collectors), who are a structural unit within the Election Commission.