Amid criticism from Congress on the amendment made in the Conduct of Election Rules, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday categorically said candidates already have access to all the documents and papers, and nothing has been amended in the rules in this regard.
The CEC held a detailed and comprehensive review of the poll preparedness in the city.
AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday, wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar summarising the assurances the poll body gave to the party on Tuesday during a visit of its delegation in response to its allegation of deletion of voters in the national capital.
A team of the Aam Aadmi Party led by party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI), and put evidence before the poll panel, alleging that a mass voter deletion conspiracy was underway ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said there was no discrepancy found between VVPAT slip count and EVM control unit count in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls.
According to the EC strictures to parties, candidates found to having more than three criminal cases, the parties would be responsible to explain the reasons behind choosing such candidates by giving advertisements thrice in newspapers.
Criticising the Centre for the implementation of the CAA, the AAP chief had anticipated migrations on a large scale which, he said, could result in chaos and may lead to a rise in crime and instability in the country.
We have three pillars – disclosure, disclosure and disclosure. Disclose everything to people. The commission has been in favour of transparency. SBI has given us in time, and we have received it. We will disclose it on time,” the CEC said.
The poll panel said it has strengthened its existing transfer policy to ensure that officials are not able to disturb the “level playing field” in the elections.
The poll panel also said there is a six per cent increase in registered voters in India as compared to 2019.
