CEC Gyanesh Kumar on vote chori: ‘Some leaders spreading misinformation, not bothered about their politics’

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has hit back at the Vote Theft allegations raised by  the Congress Party, stating that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls aimed at removing all shortcomings in the voters' list, but “some parties and their leaders are spreading misinformation” in Bihar.

Kumar, in a press meet held in Delhi on Sunday, questioned how anybody could steal votes as the Lok Sabha election process involved more than one crore employees and over 20 lakh polling agents of candidates. “In such a transparent process in front of so many people, can any voter steal votes?..." the CEC added.

Stating that EC cannot discriminate among political parties, Mumar said: Every political party is born through registration with the Election Commission. Then how can the poll body discriminate among the same political parties? For the Election Commission, there is neither any opposition nor any party. All are equal. No matter who belongs to any political party, the Election Commission will not step back from its constitutional duty."

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