The Election Commission of India (ECI) has become a tool in the BJP’s power machinery. This was alleged by Assam Congress MP and Deputy Leader of the Indian National Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi.
ECI Refuses To Hear People Of Assam: Gaurav Gogoi
Gaurav Gogoi made this statement on July 7 in New Delhi. He made this statement while speaking on the delimitation exercise conducted in Assam by the ECI.
“ECI has become just another tool in the BJP’s power grabbing machinery,” said Gaurav Gogoi. He alleged that the ECI is conducting the delimitation exercise in Assam “without consulting the opposition parties or the people” of Assam. The ECI refrained from using the 2011 census data and instead is relying on a 20-year-old census from 2001 for the delimitation exercise in Assam.
“Now that the ECI has published a draft, we have come to Delhi to ask the poll panel few questions. We want to ask the ECI as to how and on the basis of what guidelines have they undergone and undertaken this delimitation process,” Gogoi added.