If Rahul Gandhi's charges against ECI seem too strident today, they still pale in front of Lalu Prasad's fulminations against TN Seshan, for whom Bihar was the ultimate challenge.
Lok Sabha LoP Gandhi said Karnataka CID sent 18 letters in 18 months to ECI, asking for ‘some very simple facts’ which poll panel did not give as ‘it will lead us to where operation is being done’.
Addressing a press conference at Congress headquarters, Rahul also alleged that CEC Gyanesh Kumar is 'fully aware' of voter fraud & is 'protecting vote chors'.
Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi said the order last week was only interim, & Aadhaar was not proof of citizenship, adding ECI is entitled to verify if the card is genuine.
On the preparedness for electoral roll revision, Kerala CEO said the exercise is welcomed & all records have been digitised & uploaded in a searchable format on their website.
The order comes on pleas by RJD & others who claimed ECI officials were not accepting Aadhaar as standalone document for inclusion in electoral roll despite court's prior directions.
Even as the exercise has triggered a political storm, dominant sentiment is that deletions affected voters across political leanings. 'Vote chori' campaign has 'no resonance on ground'.
This comes amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the Centre & the ECI for 'vote chori'—the focus of his recent Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.
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