Mumbai, June 7
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) leader Prakash Ambedkar today alleged that there was a discrepancy in the number of votes polled and the votes counted in over 300 Lok Sabha constituencies, and sought an explanation from the Election Commission of India (ECI). This was observed across all 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, he said.
The legitimacy of the Modi government at the Centre would be called into question if these observations were found to be correct, he said. “Data from 22 constituencies (in Maharashtra) shows that additional (excess) votes were counted while in 26 constituencies the votes counted were less than the votes polled,” Ambedkar told the media here.
“The ECI, which has always maintained that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can not be tampered with, should explain to the common people these discrepancies. If no explanation is forthcoming, we will launch an agitation against the ECI and go to the court,” he said.
Ambedkar, who was accompanied by VBA leader Gopichand Padalkar, said such discrepancies in more than 300 parliamentary seats across the country had been found. “It’s a large number, covering about three-fourths of the total seats....This only strengthens the public opinion that this election was not free and fair and votes which they cast had not been properly recorded,” he added. — PTI
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