Election Commission clean chit to Rahul Gandhi over entering Amethi polling booth

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday gave a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the enclosure of the electronic voting machine (EVM) in one of the polling booths in Amethi on May 7.

“No case is made out,” chief election commissioner VS Sampath said when asked about complaints that Gandhi had violated secrecy of voting by entering a voting compartment on the day of polling in his constituency.