A delegation of top Congress leaders comprising former chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot and AICC leaders KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Pawan Khera, besides Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, met with top Election Commission officials here on Wednesday.The delegation had handed over a memorandum to the officials along with specific complaints from various constituencies in Haryana.Senior party leader Abhishek Singhvi joined the meeting online.The Congress leaders alleged that there are at least 20 such complaints, including seven in writing from as many assembly constituencies, with many referring to EVMs functioning at 99 percent battery capacity whereas the average EVMs were found to be operating at 60 to 70 percent battery capacity during the counting.Infighting, over reliance on sitting MLAs and rebel trouble appeared to be some of the contributing factors for the Congress failing to make a comeback in Haryana after a decade.The party appeared confident of dislodging the BJP dispensation, which was in power for 10 years and facing anti-incumbency.However, the BJP with 48 seats halted the Congress’s comeback attempt and also proved several exit polls wrong, which had predicted a comfortable win for the grand old party in Haryana.The Congress managed to muster 37 seats in the 90-member assembly.
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