Submits complaint with “evidence of election malpractice” to CEO
Kohima, April 25 (MExN): Members of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee submitted a complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner on April 24, urging the ECI to either “nullify” the April 9 polls or order repolls in 1000 polling stations of the state. Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha, KV Pusa, along with senior party members met the CEO in New Delhi and submitted, what they said were “documentary evidences on large-scale proxy voting and poll rigging by supporters of ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF).” The “evidence” included videos, photographs, newspaper clips etc.
Kohima, April 25 (MExN): Members of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee submitted a complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner on April 24, urging the ECI to either “nullify” the April 9 polls or order repolls in 1000 polling stations of the state. Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha, KV Pusa, along with senior party members met the CEO in New Delhi and submitted, what they said were “documentary evidences on large-scale proxy voting and poll rigging by supporters of ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF).” The “evidence” included videos, photographs, newspaper clips etc.
The Congress leaders urged the ECI to call for repoll in around 1000 polling stations, which it said were “marred by large scale proxy voting and rigging.” Over 60 polling stations recorded over 100 per cent voting, while many others recorded more than 90 per cent. This, as per the Congress, was due to “proxy voting and rigging by supporters of the NPF.”
Whether the Election Commission accepts our evidence or not, we are going to take up the issue for our future generation and for the democratic process, stated KV Pusa. After meeting the ECI officials, the congress leaders also addressed the press and alleged that there were “large scale anomalies during the recently held elections in Nagaland state.”
Pusa informed that the ECI “has taken serious note of the anomalies,” and expressed hope that the commission would not hesitate to initiate appropriate action and rectify the “mistakes.” The Congress leaders further expressed optimism that with the submission of hard evidence on election malpractices, the ECI would initiate suitable action.
Referring to the NPF statement that elections were held peacefully under strict observation and supervision of the government and the ECI, the Congress termed it as “non-pragmatic and illogical.” The Congress leaders said that videos, photographs, newspapers clips and complaint letters from villages “speak volumes of what had happened on the April 9 elections.”
Pusa added that “mass participation of people as claimed by the NPF was in total negation of what had happened on April 9, where responsible citizens and the world were the witness.” He stated that the last elections “will continue to haunt” the NPF and that they “will have to accept the bitter truth in the future.” “The truth will soon be unfolded,” he added. The Congress leaders further asserted that “it is a collective effort to check undemocratic elements who are hell-bent to destroy the democratic fabric in the state.”
