Why does the opposition protest against the Indian Election Commission?

A political order broke out in India for allegations of voting theft, with opposition parties blaming the country’s election body in irregularities that they are favorable to the ruling Bharati Janna (BJP) in The 2024 General electionsS

On Tuesday, parliament was postponed after the opposition MPs requested a debate about the integrity of India’s election process.

A day earlier, dozens of opposition leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, were briefly detained by police in the capital Delhi as they tried to go to India’s Election Commission (ECI).

Gandhi first raised the question at a press conference on August 7 in Delhi and has since been able to galvanize the strong support of hundreds of opposition MPs.

The election committee and BJP aggressively rejected the allegations.

Gandhi claims that the widespread manipulation of voters during the 2024 parliamentary elections, citing detailed data obtained from the election body itself – although the ECI and the ruling party dispute its interpretation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided a historic third term in the election, but his BJP alliance did not reach the predicted majority. The turnout is an average of 66% in the largest election in the world, with almost a billion registered voters – one in eight people on earth.

Gandhi pointed to Mahadevapura, part of the central parliamentary constituency in Bangalore, and stated that the list of voters has more than 100,000 manipulated participation, including duplicate voters, invalid addresses and bulk water registrations in single seats.

He presented examples of voters such as Shakun Rani, which he claims to have thrown his ballots twice – a claim contested by the election body.

Gandhi also claims that CCSHIPs from voting cabins were deleted and indicated a case of 80 people registered at a single address in Mahadevapura.

The leader of the congress says that his party has lost at least 48 seats in the election due to such irregularities and has accused India’s election body of not applying the principle of “one person, one vote”. Congress won 99 out of 543 seats In the election, behind the 240 of BJP.

Gandhi asked to release ECI digital voters so that they could be audited by his party and the public.

The BBC has not independently checked Gandhi’s claims.

Shortly after Gandhi’s press conference, ECI replied On the Social Media Platform X, calling his claims “absurd” and denying many of his claims.

The electoral authority requested either to submit a signed declaration under the oath or to apologize to the nation.

ECI’s State Unit of Karnitsa Additional said The fact that Congress did not file official objections when the election was reviewed before the 2024 parliamentary elections.

The survey body earlier said He holds video surveillance footage for only 45 days after the results – the window for the submission of election disputes.

BJP leaders also greatly denied the allegations.

“This anarchy is extremely disturbing and dangerous to democracy,” said BJP leader and Federal Minister of Education, Dharmendra Praudhan.

Federal Minister of Agriculture Shivge Singh Chuhan said that Gandhi and the opposition Union “slander democracy, tearing it off in pieces and forcing the dignity of constitutional institutions.”

Gandhi’s allegations led to turmoil as they come against the backdrop of a dispute over a one -month revision of bihar in the state, where key elections are scheduled for November.

The special intensive audit (sir), held between June and July, saw employees visit all 78.9 million voters in the country for inspection – the first update since 2003.

ECI says the pursuit is aimed at duplicate and deceased voters, but critics claim that his hurry has been discouraged a lot, especially migrants and minorities.

Many voters in bihar have told BBC that draft rollers have the wrong photos and include dead people.

The Supreme Court of India is currently listening to a batch of petitions challenging Sir, with petitioners requires the publication of the deleted names – about 6.5 million – with reasons for their elimination.

The election body says deletions include 2.2 million dead, 700,000 have been recorded more than once and 3.6 million that have migrated by the state.

The amendments are open until September 1, with over 165,000 applications received. A similar review will be conducted across the country to check nearly a billion voters.

The court has said That the allegations of depreciation “largely seem to be a case of trust, nothing else” and that This would “step immediately” if a mass exclusion of voters has been proven.

On August 12, Gandhi escalated his allegations of voting theft, saying that such manipulation happens “at national level and systematically.”

Backing the case of the name of a 124-year-old voter found in Bihar’s electoral list, he said: “There are unlimited cases like this.” Abhi Picture Baki Hai “(the story is not over).”