Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has expressed concern over the alleged doctoring of voter turnout results. In a letter to the I.N.D.I. Alliance leaders, Mr. Kharge said that the inordinate delay in the release of the final voting percentages for the First and Second phases by the Election Commission of India (ECI) raises serious doubts on the quality of data. He said that to alleviate the doubts raised in the public domain, the Commission should have not only released the data per Parliamentary Constituency but it should have also released the voter turnout data in each polling station. Mr. Kharge alleged that BJP is concerned about the receding electoral fortunes in the first two phases.
He urged all the I.N.D.I. Alliance to safeguard democracy and protect the independent functioning of the ECI.
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