Congress leaders here submitted a memorandum to the chief electoral officer complaining postal vote irregularities in Kurud assembly constituency in the district of Dhamtari, the party said on Wednesday.
The alleged that the administration did not provide the details of postal ballots with the Congress candidate while the same it had handed over to the BJP nominee. A delegation of the party comprising senior Congress leaders Satya Narayan Sharma, Kuldeep Juneja, Raipur Mayar Kiran Mayee Nayak and Bikash Upadhyaya visited the office of the chief electoral officer and brought to his notice into the alleged irregularities.
They said the government employee did not receive the postal ballots in Kurud assembly constituency. Action should be taken against the senior officials responsible for such irregularities. They said. They also demanded the rejection of all postal ballots. They said not only the issues of postal ballots; there were also reports of other irregularities which need to be investigated. If there were no irregularities in postal ballots, then why clear information was not provided in the voter lists, they pointed out.
They demanded a thorough investigation into the matter to ensure independent and impartial election. The other party leaders who were part of the delegation include state Congress spokesman Ghanashyam Raju Tiwari, Amit Pandey and Dilip Chouhan.