Congress Election Commission

Responding strongly to the Election Commission's reply to its complaints about "irregularities" in the Haryana Assembly elections, the Congress has accused the poll body of attacking the party and its leaders and threatened to take legal action.

The Election Commission on Tuesday criticised the Congress for making "baseless allegations... when faced with inconvenient electoral outcomes", referring to the party crying foul over the result of the 2024 Haryana Assembly election.

Dismissing allegations of 'varying EVM battery levels', Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said Electronic Voting Machines are totally "safe and robust," and have batteries like a calculator, not like a mobile which will be charged everyday.

Leaders of the Congress, after the party's huge setback in Haryana, met the Election Commission this evening and registered a strong complaint, alleging that Electronic Voting Machines have been hacked.

The Election Commission on Wednesday dubbed the 'Haryana results unacceptable' statement of senior Congress leaders as "unheard in the rich democratic heritage" of the country and far from a legitimate part of free speech.

The Congress is analysing the Haryana results and will inform Election Commission about the complaints it had received over the counting process, said Rahul Gandhi this morning, in his first remarks since his party's shocking defeat in state polls.

PM Modi took a jibe at Congress over its complaint and subsequent letter to the Election Commission regarding "slowdown in updating results" of assembly polls in Haryana and alleged that the opposition party wants to tarnish every institution.

Election Commission on Tuesday rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats where machines with varying battery strength gave out different results.

The Election Commission has dismissed the Congress' "ill-founded allegation" - that there is a delay in the poll panel publishing leads and results of the 2024 Haryana Assembly election on its website.

The Haryana unit of the ruling BJP has written to the Election Commission requesting a brief postponement of the assembly poll slated for October 1, citing holidays before and after the election date that could lead to a lower voter turnout.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission to refrain from allowing the use of body parts like "hand" as election symbol of political parties, saying it was intended to target the Congress party.

A day after the Congress expressed concerns about the "sizable increase" in voter turnout after polling hours during this year's Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed the allegations as part of a "false campaign".

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson

The Election Commission has received eight applications from aggrieved candidates, including those from the BJP and the Congress, for verification of tampering or modification in micro-controller chips embedded in the EVMs.

Responding strongly to the Election Commission's reply to its complaints about "irregularities" in the Haryana Assembly elections, the Congress has accused the poll body of attacking the party and its leaders and threatened to take legal action.

The Election Commission on Tuesday criticised the Congress for making "baseless allegations... when faced with inconvenient electoral outcomes", referring to the party crying foul over the result of the 2024 Haryana Assembly election.

Dismissing allegations of 'varying EVM battery levels', Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said Electronic Voting Machines are totally "safe and robust," and have batteries like a calculator, not like a mobile which will be charged everyday.

Leaders of the Congress, after the party's huge setback in Haryana, met the Election Commission this evening and registered a strong complaint, alleging that Electronic Voting Machines have been hacked.

The Election Commission on Wednesday dubbed the 'Haryana results unacceptable' statement of senior Congress leaders as "unheard in the rich democratic heritage" of the country and far from a legitimate part of free speech.

The Congress is analysing the Haryana results and will inform Election Commission about the complaints it had received over the counting process, said Rahul Gandhi this morning, in his first remarks since his party's shocking defeat in state polls.

PM Modi took a jibe at Congress over its complaint and subsequent letter to the Election Commission regarding "slowdown in updating results" of assembly polls in Haryana and alleged that the opposition party wants to tarnish every institution.

Election Commission on Tuesday rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats where machines with varying battery strength gave out different results.

The Election Commission has dismissed the Congress' "ill-founded allegation" - that there is a delay in the poll panel publishing leads and results of the 2024 Haryana Assembly election on its website.

The Haryana unit of the ruling BJP has written to the Election Commission requesting a brief postponement of the assembly poll slated for October 1, citing holidays before and after the election date that could lead to a lower voter turnout.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission to refrain from allowing the use of body parts like "hand" as election symbol of political parties, saying it was intended to target the Congress party.

A day after the Congress expressed concerns about the "sizable increase" in voter turnout after polling hours during this year's Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed the allegations as part of a "false campaign".

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson

The Election Commission has received eight applications from aggrieved candidates, including those from the BJP and the Congress, for verification of tampering or modification in micro-controller chips embedded in the EVMs.