The ongoing war of words between the Election Commission of India and the Congress took a major hitting point after the latter on Friday (November 1) took a major dig at the poll body over their response to its allegations of irregularities in Haryana assembly elections as ‘baseless’.
Citing that the ECI has given itself a clean chit with its reply, the Congress party said normally they would let it be at that; however, the language the poll body has used against the party compels them to submit the counter-response.
“Not surprisingly, the ECI has given a clean chit to yourself. We would normally have let it be at that. However, the tone and tenor of the ECI’s response, the language used, and the allegations made against the INC compel us to submit the counter-response,” the party said.
It is pertinent to note that earlier, the Congress Party raised allegations of irregularities in the recent Haryana elections. They have also raised concerns over the display of a 99 per cent battery status on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the counting process. However, the poll body refuted all the allegations by the party while labelling it as ‘baseless, misplaced, and devoid of facts’.
