EC on ‘Vote theft’ Row: Parties Should have flagged roll errors before polls; ‘Welcome Scrutiny’ | India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Row Over Special Intensive Revision and “Vote theft” Charges, The Election Commission on Saturday said that the political parties should have raised errors in the elective Claims and Objections Period of Past Elections.The poll body said that it shares electoral rolls with political parties ahead of any elections to correct any mistakes.“It seems that some political parties and their booth level agents (blas) did not examine the electoral rolls at the appropriate time and did not point ut errors, if any, to sdms/eros, to sdms/eros. Recently, some political parties and individuals are raising issues about errors in electric rolls, including the electoral rolls prepared in the past, “The poll body said in an official state. “The approvement time to raise any issue with the electoral rolls would have ben during the claims and objections period of that Phase, which is precedively the objective be ALL Political Parties and the Candidates. That Elections, “It Added.EC also said that it “welcomes” the scrutiny of electoral rolls by parties and voters.“It will help sdms/eros to remove the errors and purify the electoral rolls which has always been done the objective of eci,” it said.The poll body is also scheduled to hold a press conference on Sunday.This come after Congress leader rahul unveiled what he had described as an “atom bomb” of evidence against the election commission. Citing data from the mahadevapura assembly segment, which falls under the Bengaluru Central Parliamentary Constituency in Congress-Ruled Karnataka, He Accused the POLL BOLI BODY OF “COLL BODY OF”RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav also according to the poll body of hatching a conspiracy to manipulate bihar’s Voter list by Issuing two Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) Leaders and works.The election commission has firmly rejected the allegations and asked Gandhi to Sign an affidavit to formalise his complaint. He refused, Saying He Had Alredy Sworn An Oath to the Constitution.The poll body also objected use of the term “Vote chori” by Rahul gandhi, saying such “dirty phrases” was a False Narravet.Meanwhile, rahul has launched the “Vote adhikar yatra” against the alleged “theft of votes” through eC’s special intensive revision of Electoral Roll in Poll-Bound Bihar.The Yatra, Scheduled to Begin on Sunday, will cover more than 20 districts of Bihar over 16 days.“We are bringing the Voter rights yatra to the people. This is the fight to protect the most fundamental democratic right – ‘One person, one view’,” Rahul wrote in a post on x.“Join us in Bihar to save the constitution,” He added.