Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 03:22pm on 21 Jun 2025,Saturday Politics
The Election Commission (EC) has declined Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s plea to release CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling booths, citing privacy, legal, and electoral‑law concerns. It argued that public access to footage would enable identification of who voted or didn’t potentially exposing electors to pressure, discrimination, or intimidation. The EC emphasized that such recordings are for internal monitoring and would only be shared with courts, and mandated destruction of all video records within 45 days if no legal challenge arises. Rahul Gandhi, accusing the EC of “deleting evidence” and calling the election a “fixed match,” demands full transparency via voter rolls, video footage, and polling data. (PC: Deccan Herald)
