{"id":270066,"date":"2025-09-04T00:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=270066"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:42:32","slug":"congress-accuses-bjp-of-manipulating-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/congress-accuses-bjp-of-manipulating-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress accuses BJP of &#8216;manipulating&#8217; EC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AIZAWL, 3 Sep:<\/strong> Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Wednesday accused the BJP-led NDA government of &#8220;manipulating&#8221; the Election Commission of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to reporters at a press conference here, state Congress treasurer Lalmalsawma Nghaka alleged that over 1 lakh voter irregularities or &#8216;vote chori&#8217; unearthed recently by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have exposed &#8220;serious discrepancies&#8221; in the electoral process in the country under the BJP regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He claimed that Gandhi also &#8220;uncovered irregularities&#8221; in Maharashtra assembly polls held in November last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also claimed that the total voters in that state &#8220;increased&#8221; by over 50 lakh in the assembly polls in just a six-month gap from the Lok Sabha polls, raising suspicion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nghaka alleged that even though Congress has requested polling booth CCTV footage and voters&#8217; enrollment digital data of the recent elections, the Election Commission refused to provide them, making lame excuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Congress leader alleged that there was a discrepancy in the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, as the BJP government appointed him by &#8220;violating&#8221; the existing norms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Opposition parties firmly believe that the Election Commission is being controlled and manipulated by the BJP government due to several discrepancies in the electoral process these days,&#8221; Nghaka said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nghaka said that the state Congress will stage a demonstration in Aizawl on Thursday to protest against &#8216;vote theft. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIZAWL, 3 Sep: Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Wednesday accused the BJP-led NDA government of &#8220;manipulating&#8221; the Election Commission of India. Speaking to reporters at a press conference here, state Congress treasurer Lalmalsawma Nghaka alleged that over 1 lakh voter irregularities or &#8216;vote chori&#8217; unearthed recently by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-270066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}