While the counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly was underway, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner alleging delay in updating of results on the ECI’s website.
He said, “Over the last two hours between 9-11 am, there has been an unexplained slowdown of updating of results on the ECI’s website.”
“As you can imagine this allows bad faith actors to spin narratives that undermine the process. You can see examples of it already playing out on social media. Our fear is also that such narratives can then be used by these mala fide actors to influence processes where counting is still underway i.e. in most of the counting centre,” Ramesh wrote.
His memorandum further said, “We request you to issue immediate directions to your officials to update the website with true and accurate figures so that false news and malicious narratives can be countered immediately.”
Ramesh shared the same concern through a post on his social media handle X, “Like the Lok Sabha elections, in Haryana we are again witnessing slowing down of uploading up-to-date trends on the ECI website. Is the BJP trying to build pressure on administration by sharing outdated and misleading trends @ECISVEEP?”
As per the latest trends, the BJP is leading in 49 seats while the Congress in 35 seats.
The elections for the 90-member Haryana Assembly were held on October 5 in single phase.
