The Youth Congress (YC) basking in the glory of the “successfully completed and hard-fought” State-wide organisational election, which spanned almost two months, appeared to suffer a startling political setback on Friday.
Several television channels, quoting unnamed YC sources, broadcast that unregistered electors had used bogus Election Commission of India (ECI) voter ID cards as proof of identity to fraudulently exercise their franchise in the high-profile organisational elections.
Later, Chief Electoral Officer (CEC) Sanjay Kaul told a television news channel that he had sought an explanation from the Youth Congress based on the media reports. He said some political parties had also brought the matter to the CEC’s notice. Mr. Kaul said the accusation was grave and, if true, would invite a criminal prosecution.
