Entire poll process questionable, will present concrete proof, says Congress

Congress has accused PM Modi, Amit Shah and the Election Commission of ‘vote theft’ in Bihar, alleging mass voter deletions, fake entries and duplicate voting, even as the NDA swept the state with a landslide victory.

The Congress has alleged that the ECI and the BJP committed 'vote theft' in Bihar as well.

A DAY after the drubbing in Bihar, the Congress high command met Saturday to discuss the results and alleged that the entire election process was questionable and there was no transparency. The party said it will release “concrete proof of irregularities” in next few weeks.

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal, party treasurer Ajay Maken and AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru met at Kharge’s residence in Delhi to discuss the results. The Congress won just six out of 61 seats it contested.

Speaking to reporters, Venugopal said the Bihar poll result was “unbelievable”. “This is not only for Congress. The entire Bihar people and also our alliance partners are not believing it… Because, a 90% plus strike rate for a political party — which has not happened in Indian history. We are doing a thorough analysis; we are collecting data from across Bihar. Within one or two weeks, we will come out with concrete proof,” he told reporters.

He said the poll process was “completely questionable”.

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“The Election Commission is totally one-sided. Whatever they are doing, there is no transparency at all… We will collect all data from everywhere in Bihar and then present the facts,” he said.

On Gandhi’s comment that the election was “not fair”, Venugopal said, “We have been talking about the EC (role) and we talked about this during the Haryana elections—that it was rigged.” “We have come out with evidence. Has EC questioned our evidence,” he asked. “On Bihar polls also, we will come with concrete proof.”

On Friday, Gandhi had said the Bihar result was “shocking” and that the election was “not fair from the very beginning”.

Gandhi also said the Congress and the INDIA bloc will conduct an in-depth review of the results. The Congress also said the election results in Bihar without doubt reflect “vote chori on a gigantic scale— masterminded by the PM, the HM (Home Minister Amit Shah), and the Election Commission”.

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