ECI has turned into 'BJP's back-office for Vote Chori': Mallikarjun Kharge
Bengaluru (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday questioned the role of the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that it has turned into the "BJP's Back-Office for Vote Chori."
In a post on 'X', Kharge said, "Understand the chronology. Ahead of the May 2023 Karnataka elections, Congress had exposed massive deletion of voters in Aland Constituency. Thousands of voters were stripped of their rights through a very sophisticated operation of forging Form 7 applications."
"In Feb 2023, a case was filed. The probe revealed 5,994 forged applications-clear evidence of a massive attempt at voter fraud. The Congress government then ordered a CID probe to catch the culprits.
"But here's the twist: while ECI had earlier shared part of the documents needed to trace the forgery, it has now stonewalled the crucial information-effectively shielding those behind Vote Chori!"
Kharge asked, "Why has the ECI suddenly BLOCKED vital evidence? Who is it protecting? BJP's Vote Chori department? Is the ECI bending under BJP pressure to derail the CID probe?"
Reiterating the importance of democratic rights, Kharge concluded: "Individual's right to vote needs to be protected. INDIAN Democracy needs to be protected."
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
