{"id":5988,"date":"2024-04-27T22:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T22:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T22:59:24","slug":"k-c-venugopal-accuses-cpi-m-of-hijacking-poll-process-during-lok-sabha-elections-voting-in-kerala-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5988","title":{"rendered":"K.C. Venugopal accuses CPI (M) of hijacking poll process during Lok Sabha elections voting in Kerala – The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 27, 2024 02:27 pm | Updated 03:25 pm IST – THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
K.C. Venugopal casting his vote at a polling booth | Photo Credit: Suresh Alleppey
All India Congress Committee general secretary K.C. Venugopal on April 27 accused the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] of hijacking the election machinery, a day after Kerala witnessed a poll process that recorded a considerably lower turnout<\/a> than what was expected during the initial stages of the exercise.
He expressed confidence that the United Democratic Front (UDF) would secure a clean sweep by winning all 20 Lok Sabha<\/a> seats, despite what he described as an orchestrated attempt made to suppress polling percentage for the benefit of the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
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Claiming around 5% of the polling booths witnessed technical snags in the electronic voting machines (EVMs), Mr. Venugopal said 90% of such polling stations are \u201cCongress strongholds\u201d in an implicit allegation that such occurrences were dubious. Senior election officials including deputy collectors and deputy tahsildars have sided with the LDF government to scuttle the process, he alleged
\u201cThe electorate had to brave several adverse circumstances to cast their ballots amidst a chaotic process unlike any conducted in Kerala in the past. Many polling booths witnessed the poll process getting delayed by three hours of more due to the technical glitches. As a result, many voters waited for as long as five hours to cast their votes.
\u201cWith no arrangements made by election officials to supply drinking water or provide sufficient lighting facilities at the affected polling centres, some voters even returned without casting their votes. Such lapses took place despite yellow alerts being issued in 12 districts over a severe heat wave,\u201d Mr. Venugopal said, while interacting with media persons at the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters here.
He also accused the Election Commission of failing to prevent widespread \u201cdouble voting\u201d despite receiving numerous alerts. Besides, several voters found their names to have illegally removed from the voters\u2019 lists. Several cases of attacks against UDF workers were also reported from various places. The Congress will analyse such aspects to pursue legal measures against officials responsible of such lapses.
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Mr. Venugopal said Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener E.P. Jayarajan is being made a \u201csacrificial lamb\u201d following his admission of having met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala in-charge Prakash Javadekar. Such interactions, he alleged, indicated an unholy nexus between the CPI (M) and the BJP with the backing of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
\u201cBoth the parties have joined hands for a mutually beneficial arrangement to take on the Congress that is their avowed principal opponent. The Chief Minister must come clean on his links with BJP leaders. It up to the CPI (M) party leadership to clarify its position on the issue,\u201d he said.
Battling such circumstances, the \u201cgood communists\u201d have voted for the UDF to express its disapproval of those at the held of CPI (M), the Congress leader added.
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