AMN / NEW DELHI
Chief election commissioner OP Rawat today said that the poll panel would investigate how the dates for Karnataka electionwere 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 Congress’ Karnataka social media in-charge Srivats tweeted that the state 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.
An official aware of the developments said, the EC is likely to hand over the probe to the IB and CBI. The poll panel will need the home ministry to escalate this request to the federal investigative agency.
Malviya’s tweet, which has since been deleted, got the voting date right but the counting day wrong. The results will be announced on May 15.