RAIPUR: Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Friday that the election commission looked "so pathetic" for the first time with its actions, pointing out that when people used to vote through ballot paper, the commission used to release all data of voting within 24 hours.
"Today, in the digital era, the ECI doesn't give data even after 8-10 days, and when it does, the percentage of polling increases by 6-8 per cent," he told reporters at the Swami Vivekananda airport. "Doesn't it mean the election commission is biased?" he asked.
"The ECI argues that conducting elections through ballot paper would take more time. So, you conduct polling using EVMs. When you are in an electronic era, you are not giving out the number of votes polled. You release the poll percentage after so many days, showing an increase of six to eight per cent," Baghel said and asked, "Whom do you want to shower favours on?"
The former CM said, "For the first time, you took cognizance of the Prime Minister's speech, but the notice was issued to BJP president JP Nadda! We have never seen such a pathetic situation in the election commission."
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