On Friday, Congress submitted a memorandum to the ECI, alleging that the “integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised” and criticizing the Commission.The issue was also discussed at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, where the party announced plans to launch a “national movement.”Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, addressing the media, alleged that “electoral malpractices” influenced the Haryana Assembly election results.“The CWC acknowledged that the party’s performance in Haryana was contrary to all expectations. The INC should have formed the government in the state by a convincing margin, but it did not. Electoral malpractices influencing the results have been overlooked,” he claimed. He added that the party found its performance in Maharashtra “unexplainable and shocking,” suggesting it was a case of “targeted manipulation.”Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole also wrote to the ECI, questioning how voter turnout increased by 7.83 percentage points after the official polling time had ended.Patole alleged “arbitrary deletion of voters” and the “subsequent addition of over 10,000 voters in each constituency from the final voter lists,” as well as an “inexplicable increase in voting percentages from 5 PM to the final voter percentage declared by the ECI at 11:30 PM on polling day.”In the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadicomprising Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (Sharad Pawar) lost to the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. Congress secured 16 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) won 20 seats, and NCP (SP) managed 10 seats.
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