Kharge accuses EC of withholding key details on K'taka 'voter fraud' probe

ACCUSING the Election Commission of India (ECI) of having "stonewalled crucial information," Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday questioned whether the poll body has become "BJP's back-office for vote theft.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

In a post on X, Kharge shared a media report on the alleged EC decision to withhold details in a probe related to voter fraud in Karnataka's Aland Constituency. The Congress chief shared the chronological details of the report related to an attempt to remove electors by forging Form 7, ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election in 2023. He also accused ECI of "stonewalling" the crucial information required for the probe, alleging that the poll body is "shielding" those behind the "Vote Chori."