Gurugram: Hours after Rahul Gandhi claimed one other spherical of “vote chori” within the 2024 Haryana Meeting elections, the Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting, Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday stated the main points revealed by Gandhi throughout his press convention have vindicated his (Hooda’s) stand that the BJP stole individuals’s mandate within the elections held in October final 12 months.

Addressing a press convention at his Talkatora Street residence in Delhi Wednesday night, Hooda stated no exit ballot had given the BJP greater than 29 seats within the 2024 meeting polls, whereas all pollsters predicted a landslide victory for the Congress.

“Take the instance of any of the final 5 polls, and you’ll find that the occasion that received in postal ballots received the elections as properly. Nonetheless, this time, regardless of main in 73 out of 90 seats within the postal ballots, the Congress misplaced the election,” Hooda stated.

Recounting the environment after the outcomes got here on 8 October final 12 months, Hooda stated that everybody, together with political observers, politicians and the media was shocked, as nobody was anticipating a BJP victory within the elections.

Questioning the transparency of the Election Fee of India (ECI), Hooda stated the Congress had raised the problem of a sudden enhance within the voter turnout earlier than the counting of votes too, however the ECI didn’t pay heed to their objections.

“On the day polling was held on 5 October, the Election Fee reported 61.19 p.c turnout. A day later, the ECI issued figures of 65.65 p.c polling. Nonetheless, a day earlier than counting of votes, on 7 October, the ECI got here up with figures of 67.9 p.c voter turnout. How did the voter turnout enhance in a single day? A mean of 15,175 votes have been inflated in every meeting constituency. In all, practically 15 lakh votes elevated after the primary voter turnout given out by the ECI,” Hooda identified.

Hooda stated that it was not a query of the Congress failing to represent its authorities in Haryana regardless of the individuals of the state voting in its favour. “It was a query of upholding the Structure of India that our leaders wrote to make India a really perfect democracy,” he stated, including that he was proud his father Chaudhary Ranbir Singh was additionally a part of the leaders who drafted the Structure.

Hooda stated that as per a 2022 verdict of the Supreme Court docket, 5 p.c of the EVMs could possibly be checked on the request of a candidate and for that the ECI has prescribed a payment of Rs 40,000, plus GST. A number of of our our candidates have paid the charges, however the ECI is refusing to permit them to verify the EVMs. The ECI will not be even bothering to answer to courts’ notices on this problem,” Hooda alleged.

He stated that the Election Fee was sure to carry out its duties impartially, which it was not doing. Hooda stated the voice of the individuals of Haryana was suppressed, and the federal government in Haryana was stolen via vote theft.

State president Rao Narender Singh stated Rahul Gandhi’s revelations have proved that 25 lakh votes have been rigged in Haryana, that means that 1 in each 8 votes was a faux vote. “The mandate has clearly been stolen,” he stated.

The Haryana Congress president stated this combat is not only about Congress, however about democracy and the nation’s Structure. “Congress was forward in postal ballots, however as quickly because the machines have been opened, the BJP took the lead. The distinction between victory and defeat was solely 22,779 votes, whereas 3.5 lakh votes have been faraway from the electoral rolls after the Lok Sabha elections held simply 5 months earlier. The BJP has insulted the mandate. The Congress Celebration will maintain sturdy protests in each district in opposition to this authorities’s theft,” he added.

He stated that the rigging was so blatant that, on the {photograph} of a Brazilian mannequin, 22 votes have been forged in 10 cubicles in Haryana’s voter record, every underneath a unique identify. Additionally, 223 votes with the identical photograph have been present in one sales space. He additionally stated, 501 voters have been registered to a single family. Throughout the state, 1,24,177 voters with faux pictures have been discovered, he alleged.

Singh added that 1000’s of individuals have votes in each Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, together with many BJP leaders and staff. An outdated two-storey home was even proven as “home quantity 0”.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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