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On 20 December 2024, the Election Commission changed the rules to stop the CCTV, webcasting and video recording of the candidates of the polling station. (File photo)
Now photos, CCTV footage, webcasting and video recording taken during the elections will be kept safe for only 45 days. After this all the data will be deleted.
The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Chief Election Officers of all the states on May 30 that if the election results in a constituency are not challenged in the court, then all these data should be destroyed after 45 days.
The Election Commission has taken this decision to prevent misuse of footage and misleading information being spread on social media. The commission says that recently some non-related people tried to distort the election video and spread the wrong neoperative, causing confusion among the voters.
However, the Congress has opposed this rule of the Commission. The party said that earlier this data was kept safe for 1 year, so that it could be investigated anytime in a democratic system. This rule of the Commission is completely against democracy. It should be withdrawn immediately.
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.
During the Chadigarh Mayor Election in January 2024, CCTV footage was revealed to tamper with election officer Anil Christ’s ballot paper. After this, the Commission changed the rule twice.
Commission said- footage was used for wrong nectar The Election Commission said that there is no legal provision for recording of election stages like voting and counting, but this work is done for internal monitoring and transparency.
But these recording has also been used for wrong nectar, so there is no justification for keeping them long.
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 the fake nectar. Even after the change, they will be available for 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 strongly 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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