EC says will respond 'with full facts', values views of political parties

HOURS after Rahul Gandhi along with his MVA allies raised allegations of irregularities against the Election Commission (EC) on Maharashtra assembly elections, the poll body responded by saying that it will "reply with full facts".

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

The EC in a statement said that it would respond in writing and added that the commission deeply values views, suggestions, and questions raised by the parties.

"ECI considers political parties as priority stakeholders, of course the voters being the prime, and deeply values views, suggestions, questions coming from political parties," the poll body said in a post on X. "The Commission would respond in writing with full factual & procedural matrix uniformly adopted across the country," it said.