BJP and Congress tweets Karnataka election dates before poll panel

Chief election commissioner OP Rawat said on Tuesday the poll panel would investigate how the dates for Karnataka election were leaked before the official announcement of the election schedule.

Barely had the election commissioners sat down for a press conference to make the announcement, BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya and Karnataka Congress social media in-charge Srivatsa B tweeted that Karnataka would vote on May 12 and the counting done on May 18.

“Certain things may have leaked for which the election commission will take strictest possible action,” Rawat said to media queries on how did the poll dates get out.

Malviya’s and Srivtsa B tweet, which has since been deleted, got the voting date right but the counting day wrong. The results will be announced on May 15.

“It will be investigated. Be assured that actions, legally and administratively befitting, will be taken,” Rawat said.

The Congress was quick to attack the BJP.

Karnataka Congress social media in-charge also announced poll dates much before EC did. Incidentally, both BJP’s Amit Malviya & he tweeted at the same time, got polling date right but results date wrong. pic.twitter.com/vV8C6jZhW6

— Ruhi Tewari (@RuhiTewari) March 27, 2018