New Delhi : The Election Commission of India has dismissed the allegations of voter deletions made by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, during his recently concluded press conference, calling them “incorrect and baseless,” while emphasising that no voters can be deleted online by the public.
The poll body clarified that no deletion can take place without giving the affected person an opportunity to be heard. However, the poll body acknowledged that certain unsuccessful attempts were made to delete electors in Karnataka’s Aland Assembly Constituency, and an FIR was filed by the ECI itself to investigate the matter.
Rahul Gandhi started the press conference by saying that someone had attempted to delete 6,018 votes from Karnataka’s Aland seat using software and phone numbers from outside the state. He also displayed cell phone numbers that were allegedly used to delete voters. The senior Congress leader further claimed that voter deletion was done in Congress strongholds.
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