'May take legal recourse': Cong flays tone & tenor of EC reply
The New Indian Express|November 02, 2024
DAYS after the Election Commission (EC) rejected Congress' charge of irregularities in Haryana assembly polls, the party on Friday said if the poll body persists with condescending language, then it would have to seek legal recourse to expunge such remarks.
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'May take legal recourse': Cong flays tone & tenor of EC reply

In a strongly worded letter addressed to the EC, Congress said that if the poll panel's goal is to "strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality", then it is doing a "remarkable job" at creating that impression.

Earlier, the poll panel dismissed the allegations of Congress as "frivolous and unfounded" doubts that have the potential of creating "turbulence" when crucial steps like polling and counting are in live play, a time when both the public and political parties' anxiousness is peaking.

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