Election Commission adopted a very strict stance(Election Commission ) 

New Delhi: The ongoing dispute between the Election Commission    (Election Commission )    and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi deepened further on Saturday. The Election Commission once again rejected Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of vote theft in the Maharashtra Assembly elections and called it ‘baseless’. Also, the Commission made public a letter written to Rahul in June, to which a reply has not been received yet. The Commission raised the question whether Rahul’s statements were just to grab headlines in the media? The Election Commission has posted a post on X completely rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s claims
EC had written a letter to Rahul Gandhi on June 12
Election Commission Secretary Ashwani Kumar Mohal had written a letter to Rahul Gandhi on June 12. This letter was in response to Rahul’s article published in a newspaper on June 7, in which he alleged vote theft in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024. In the letter, the Commission said that the Congress Party had also made similar complaints after the November 2024 elections, to which the Commission responded in detail on December 24, 2024. This reply is available on the Commission’s website. In the letter, the Commission made it clear that all elections are conducted in a fair manner as per the election laws passed by Parliament, rules and instructions of the Commission.

‘Rahul neither responded to the letter nor met’
The EC wrote in its letter that the election process in Maharashtra involved 1,00,186 booth level officers, 288 electoral registration officers, 139 general observers, 41 police observers, 71 expenditure observers and 288 returning officers. Apart from this, 1,08,026 booth level agents, including 28,421 agents of Congress, monitored the process. The Commission had told Rahul that if he has any other complaint, he can tell in writing or ask for time for a personal meeting. But the Commission claims that Rahul neither responded to the letter nor made any attempt to meet. The Commission raised the question, ‘Were Rahul’s statements baseless, so no reply was given?’

Rahul Gandhi intensified his stance on Election Commission
Rahul Gandhi further intensified his stance on Saturday. Rahul, MP from Rae Bareli, claimed that his party has ‘solid evidence’ of vote theft. He termed these evidences as ‘atom bomb’ and said that when they come out, the Election Commission will have no place to hide. Rahul made allegations of irregularities not only in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, but also in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections and the recent Lok Sabha elections. Rahul also accused the Commission of threatening him. On Friday, the Commission had rejected Rahul’s statements calling them ‘reprehensible’ and said that Rahul tried to intimidate the Commission and its employees.

The Election Commission adopted a very strict stance
The Election Commission termed Rahul’s latest statements as ‘baseless’ and said that if the Congress had any complaint, its candidates should have filed an election petition in the concerned court. The Commission also said that no formal complaint or letter ever came from Rahul. The Commission also stressed in its letter that the election process is completely transparent and within the ambit of the law. The Commission again invited Rahul to give his complaints in writing or meet, so that all things can be cleared. Now the question is whether Rahul Gandhi will bring forward his ‘concrete evidence’? And if yes, will it really prove to be an ‘atom bomb’.