The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world’s largest democracy, is facing unprecedented scrutiny over its credibility and independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opposition leaders and critics have alleged that large-scale rigging of elections is impacting the overall results of the vote. The ECI has denied all charges, the first against it in India’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heading the charge is the leader of the opposition in New Delhi’s parliament, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party, who previously alleged that India’s electronic voting machines are flawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now Gandhi has accused the ECI of refusing to share digital voter records, detailing what he said was a list of errors after his supporters spent weeks combing through vast piles of registration lists by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gandhi, 55, said his party lost dozens of seats in the 2024 parliamentary elections because of vote rigging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest democratic exercise in human history across the country of 1.4 billion people was staggered over six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gandhi claimed that the ECI manipulated voter rolls to favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u00b4s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modi, 74, won a historic third term last year but fell short of a majority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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