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The Election Commission has said that sharing footage will be violated by the Supreme Court’s directive.
The Election Commission said on Saturday that it is not right to share CCTV footage of webcasting of voting centers. This will make it easier to identify voters, groups. Both voters and non -votes may be victims of pressure, discrimination and threats of anti -social elements.
The Commission said- CCTV footage public will be violated by legal provisions of the Representation of the People Act and the directions of the Supreme Court. The Commission’s response has come on the demand to share CCTV footage on the claim of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi being rigged in the Maharashtra assembly elections in the Lok Sabha.
Giving the example, the Commission said- If a particular political party gets less votes at a particular booth, then it will be able to identify very easily through CCTV footage of who voted for them and who did not. After this, those who did not vote could have been harassed.
Earlier on Saturday afternoon, Rahul Gandhi wrote in his X post- Voter List? Machine-Readable Format will not be given. CCTV footage? The law changed and hidden. Election photo-video? Now we will erase not 1 year, in 45 days. Which required the answer – the same evidence is erasing. It is clearly visible- match is fixed, and fixed elections are poison for democracy.
During the Chandigarh Mayor Election in January 2024, CCTV footage was revealed to tamper with election officer Anil Christ to tamper with ballot paper. After this, the Commission changed the rule twice.
Confusion arose among voters
In fact, the Election Commission has decided that now photos, CCTV footage, webcasting and video recording taken during the elections will be preserved for only 45 days. After this all the data will be deleted.
EC has directed the Chief Election Officers of all states on May 30, if the election results in a constituency are not challenged in court, then all these data should be destroyed after 45 days.
The decision has been taken to prevent the misuse of footage and misleading information being spread on social media. The EC says that recently some non-tailors tried to distort the election video to spread the wrong negative, which created confusion among the voters.
The Congress has opposed this rule of the Commission. The party said that earlier this data was kept safe for one year, so that it could be investigated anytime in the democratic system. This rule of the Commission is completely against democracy. It should be withdrawn immediately.
Commission said- footage was used for wrong negative
Earlier, on 20 December 2024, the Central Government changed the election rules to stop the polling station from making the CCTV, webcasting and video recording of candidates public.
The Election Commission said that there is no legal provision for recording of election stages like voting and counting. This work is done for internal monitoring and transparency,
But these recordings have also been used for wrong negative. Therefore, there is no justification for keeping them for a long time.
Till now the recordings related to the election were handled for one year, so that there could be a legal investigation if needed.
There was a change in the rules in December 2024 On December 20, the Central Government had changed the election rules to prevent some electronic documents from publicing the CCTV, webcasting footage and video recording of the polling station on 20 December.
Officials said that with the use of AI, the CCTV footage of the polling station can be tampered with and spread fake negatives. Even after the change, they will be available for the candidates. Others may go to court to take it. On the recommendation of the Election Commission, the Law Ministry had changed the rule of The Conduct of Election Rule-1961.
However, the Congress has challenged the rules to prevent electronic documents related to the election in the Supreme Court.
On 22 December 2024, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had said that the Modi government had attacked the Election Commission (ECI) freedom.
Congress bid- Modi government is ending democratic system
The Congress has criticized this decision of the Election Commission, saying that this step is against democracy and transparency. The Congress alleged that ‘the Election Commission and the Modi government together are engaged in ending the democratic system. First documents were hidden from the public, now records are being erased. The Commission should withdraw this order immediately.
The Congress tweeted this tweet at around 10 pm on Friday night.
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