With Two-Word Tweet, Rahul Gandhi Hits Out At Election Commission

The tweet by Rahul Gandhi is suggestive of the Election Commission's alleged inaction that the Congress has claimed regarding this incident and also the leniency showed to Himanta Sarma by reducing his campaign ban.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Election Commission today with a two-word takedown of the poll body on Twitter amid a huge controversy over officials transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car in Assam and a reduction of campaign ban duration on a senior BJP leader. Election "Commission". This is the only way the BJP can win Assam: by looting EVMs. EVM capturing, like there used to be booth capturing. All under the nose of the Election Commission. Sad day for democracy. #EVM_theft_Assam#AssamAssemblyElection2021https://t.co/5dmlu67Uui "Election 'Commission'," Mr Gandhi tweeted in a direct attack on the poll body that has since suspended four officials and ordered repolling in one station in Assam's Ratabari after the purported video of the EVM being carried in a BJP leader's vehicle was circulated widely on social media. The tweet also comes on a day when the poll body halved Assam minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma's 48-hour campaign ban for threatening to send Bodoland People's Front chief Hagrama Mohilary to jail. The BPF was an ally of the BJP, but is now fighting the Assam election with Congress.