News Reading Practice #89

(100 Day Challenge)


CONGRESS CRIES FOUL, BLAMES EVM FOR HARYANA DEBACLE

'Can't Accept Verdict, Will Move EC'

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: In its post-results reaction, Congress said the party's performance in Haryana was totally unexpected and the party cannot accept the verdict as there were serious complaints about the integrity of the counting process and functioning of EVMs in several constituencies. Alleging a "conspiracy", Congress has asserted that that it would take up the matter with the Election Commission.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in a post on X wrote, "After speaking to our workers on the ground, getting complete information and checking the facts, the party will give a detailed response."

At the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that "democracy has lost and establishment has won." Ramesh said the results in Haryana are "totally unexpected, completely surprising and counter-intuitive".

"There are serious questions about the instruments of the system, namely the EVMS and also the extraordinary pressure on local administration officials. It is a double engine pressure of the state govt and the Centre," he said.

Asserting that the results were questionable, Ramesh said Congress had been shown losing even in those seats, where there was no scope of its candidates losing. He also said the party will also introspect the results and a committee will also be formed.

AICC media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said that complaints had been received from places like Hisar, Mahendragarh and Panipat pertaining to complaints of possible manipulations of EVMS.

Khera said, some of the candidates referred to some EVMS having 99% battery strength even after many rounds of the counting and the results from all such machines went against Congress. Whereas, he added, those machines, whose battery strength was normal, between 60 to 70%, showed Congress candidates to be winning.

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CRIES FOUL: to complain or protest strongly about a wrong or injustice (പരാà´¤ിà´ª്à´ªെà´Ÿുà´•/à´…à´¨ീà´¤ിà´•്à´•െà´¤ിà´°െ à´ª്à´°à´¤ിà´·േà´§ിà´•്à´•ുà´•) 

DEBACLE: a sudden and humiliating failure (à´ªെà´Ÿ്à´Ÿà´¨്à´¨ുà´³്à´³ പരാജയം, പതനം) 

VERDICT: an opinion or judgment (à´µിà´§ി) 

POST-RESULTS REACTION: response after the election results (ഫലത്à´¤ിà´¨് à´¶േà´·à´®ുà´³്à´³ à´ª്à´°à´¤ിà´•à´°à´£ം) 

INTEGRITY: honesty and adherence to moral principles (സത്യസന്à´§à´¤) 

CONSPIRACY: a secret plan to commit a wrongful act (à´—ൂà´¢ാà´²ോà´šà´¨) 

ASSERT: to state or declare confidently (ഉറപ്à´ªിà´š്à´šുപറയുà´•) 

TAKE UP: to address or discuss an issue (à´šà´°്‍à´š്à´šà´šെà´¯്à´¯ാà´¨്‍à´µേà´£്à´Ÿി സമീà´ªിà´•്à´•ുà´•) 

WORKERS ON THE GROUND: local party members actively involved in campaigning (à´ª്à´°ാà´¦േà´¶ിà´• à´ªാà´°്‍à´Ÿ്à´Ÿി à´…ംà´—à´™്ങള്‍) 

ESTABLISHMENT: the current ruling power or system (à´¨ിലവിà´²െ ഭരണവ്യവസ്à´¥, à´…à´§ിà´•ാരവര്‍à´—്à´—ം) 

COUNTER-INTUITIVE: against common sense or expectations (à´¸ാà´®ാà´¨്à´¯ à´¯ുà´•്à´¤ിà´•്à´•് à´µിà´°ുà´¦്à´§à´®ാà´¯, à´ª്à´°à´¤ീà´•്à´·à´¯്à´•്à´•് à´µിà´°ുà´¦്à´§à´®ാà´¯) 

EXTRAORDINARY: exceptional or unusual (à´…à´¸ാà´§ാരണമാà´¯) 

QUESTIONABLE: doubtful or uncertain (à´¸ംà´¶à´¯ാà´¸്പദമാà´¯) 

INTROSPECT: to examine one’s own thoughts and feelings (ആത്മപരിà´¶ോà´§à´¨ നടത്à´¤ുà´•) 

PERTAINING TO: related to (ബന്à´§à´ª്à´ªെà´Ÿ്à´Ÿ) 

MANIPULATION: the act of controlling or influencing something in a deceptive manner (à´•ൃà´¤്à´°ിà´®ം) 

GO AGAINST: to oppose or result in a negative outcome (à´ª്à´°à´¤ിà´•ൂà´®ാà´¯ി à´¬ാà´§ിà´•്à´•ുà´•)

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