Can ECI announce date by which electoral-roll data of Haryana, Maharashtra will be handed over: Rahul Gandhi

Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday (June 9, 2025) lauded the Election Fee’s (EC) reported determination to share the electoral-roll knowledge for Haryana and Maharashtra as “a superb first step” and urged the ballot physique to announce the precise date by which the information might be handed over in a digital, machine-readable format.

The Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha shared the screenshot of a media report that claimed that the EC has cleared the way in which for sharing the electoral-roll knowledge for Haryana and Maharashtra from 2009 to 2024, following an assurance it gave to the Delhi Excessive Court docket earlier within the 12 months.

There was, nevertheless, no official phrase from the EC on the reported transfer as but.

In a publish on X, Mr. Gandhi stated, “Good first step taken by EC at hand over voter rolls.” “Can the EC please announce the precise date by which this knowledge might be handed over in a digital, machine-readable format?” the previous Congress chief requested.

After Mr. Gandhi sought the EC’s response on his article alleging rigging in final 12 months’s Maharashtra Meeting election, sources within the ballot authority stated on Sunday (June 8, 2025) that the constitutional physique would reply provided that the Chief of Opposition writes to it straight.

Additionally they identified that as a part of its outreach, the EC had invited all six nationwide events for separate interactions. Whereas the opposite 5 met the EC brass, Congress cancelled the Could 15 assembly.

Mr. Gandhi hit again on the EC on Saturday after sources within the ballot panel rejected his allegation of rigging within the Maharashtra election, saying evasion wouldn’t shield its credibility however telling the reality would.

In an article printed in a newspaper, Mr. Gandhi had alleged “match-fixing” within the Maharashtra polls and claimed that it might subsequent occur within the Bihar election and “wherever the BJP is dropping”.