Maha voter list tampered with: Congress-OxBig News Network

The Congress on Friday alleged “serious and grave inconsistencies” in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and urged the Election Commission in-person hearing to present evidence to substantiate the charge.

In a memorandum to the poll panel, AICC Maharashtra I/C Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole and AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik said “these glaring inconsistencies” which struck at the very root of a transparent, free and fair electoral system were not based on any biased motives or far-fetched presumptions but had been extracted from the information made publicly available by the Commission.

Posting the memorandum on X, Congress General Secretary and I/C Communications Jairam Ramesh said these were serious issues which were also being talked about by the members of the public.

The Congress flagged two issues of arbitrary deletion of voters and subsequent addition of over 10,000 voters in each constituency from the final voter lists as well as inexplicable increase in voting percentages from 5 pm to the final voter percentage declared by the Commission at 11.30 pm on the day of polling on November 20. “With this exercise, Maharashtra witnessed an unprecedented increase of an estimated 47 lakh voters being added to the electoral roll between July-November,” the memo said.