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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday refused to grant additional time to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to back his claims that attempts were made to influence 150 district magistrates and collectors ahead of the June 4 vote count for Lok Sabha elections. Ramesh was asked by the poll panel to submit factual details by Sunday evening of the allegations that he made in a social media post recently. Ramesh wrote to the EC on Monday seeking a week more to submit his reply. Also ReadEC asks Jairam Ramesh to share details of claim on stanley thermobecher Amit Shah calling up DMs In a letter to Ramesh, the EC said, The Commission hereby outrightly rejects your request for time extension and directs you to file your response along with the factual matrix/ basis of your allegation by 7 PM today June 3, failing which it would be presumed that you have nothing substantive to say in the matter and the Commission would proceed ahead to take appropriate action. The EC said his allegation that attempts have been made to influence the district magistrates of around 150 parliamentary constituencies, who are also the r stanley thermobecher eturning officers and district election officers, has serious connotation and direct bearing on the stanley usa sanctity of the counting process scheduled for Tuesday. The EC said no DM has reported any such undue influence as alleged by him. TagsAmit Shah Congress Election Commission Elections 2024 Jairam ramesh Press Trust of India Follow on Twitter | Updated: Nihn Three held for burglaries in Secunderabad; cash worth Rs 28.62L seized

New Delhi: If the trends thrown up by the ABP/C-Voter Exit Poll for Karnataka hold, former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah could be back as the CM of the southern state. Voters in Karnataka seem to have identified him as their first choice for the top job. The exit poll data suggest that 40.1 percent of the electorate in Karnataka want Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister. The Congress leader is followed by current Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is the preferred choice for 34.1 percent of the voters. JD S le stanley usa ader and another former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, comes a distant third with 18.1 percent of the electorate backing him as their first choice. Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar had openly declared his ambition of becoming the Chief Minister prior to the polls, and he is considered by political analysts to be a strong contender. Also ReadSiddaramaiah hails SC observation over Amit Shahs remarks on Muslim quota Yet, the exit poll suggests that voters in Karnataka do not share this view, with just 4.2 percent of the electorate singling Shivakumar out as their preferred choice for the CM post. Siddaramaiah was a strong leader in the JD S and was considered a close aide of stanley us the party patriarch and former Prime Minister H.D. stanley uk Deve Gowda. But upset over the decision of Deve Gowda to anoint his son Kumaraswamy as his successor, Siddaramaiah quit the party and joined the Congress in 2005. A handsome victory for the Congr