After INDIA bloc, BJP delegation meets ECI, puts four demands

A Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called upon the Election Commission of India and raised concerns over repeated attempts by a "certain section" who are trying to "undermine" the integrity of India's electoral process. They also urged the ECI to take a few steps to ensure the safety and security of the electoral process and be fully conversant with the minutest details of the prescribed process.
Speaking to the reporters, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, the delegation urge them to take 4 important steps."First, is that we have requested EC every official engaged in the counting process be fully conversant with the minutest details of the prescribed process and engage diligently with all EC protocols," Goyal said. BJP also requested ECI take stringent action against those responsible against the systematic attempts to undermine the electoral process and issue a public statement affirming the integrity of India's electoral process.He added that India is proud of its "robust, transparent and high-integrity" electoral process.

Leaders from the INDIA bloc urged the Election Commission on Sunday to ensure that on June 4, the postal ballots are counted and their results declared before the outcome of the EVMs is announced, and stressed that the poll panel should issue clear guidelines on the counting process and ensure that those are implemented.A delegation of leaders from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance met the full bench of the EC on Sunday, ahead of Tuesday's counting of the votes polled in the Lok Sabha election.Briefing the media after the meeting, Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said this was the third time that a delegation of opposition leaders visited the poll panel during the general election and, among other things, urged the officials to ensure that the postal ballots are counted and their results declared before the results of the electronic voting machines are announced.