The Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has written to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seeking documentary proof to back his allegation that a voter cast her ballot twice in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
In the letter, the CEO referred to Gandhi’s recent press conference, where he presented certain papers he described as “EC data” and claimed that voter Shakun Rani had voted twice based on records “given by the polling officer.” Gandhi had reportedly said, “Es ID card par do baar vote laga hai, wo jo tick hai, polling booth ke officer ki hai. (This ID has been used to vote twice, the tick marks were made by the polling booth officer).”
However, the CEO stated that an inquiry revealed Shakun Rani denied voting more than once. The preliminary investigation also found that the tick-marked document Gandhi displayed had not been issued by the polling officer, contradicting his assertion.
