Chandra accuses Cong, Anand of lodging 'frivolous' compliant

Media baron Subhash Chandra, who won the Rajya Sabha polls from Haryana, today accused the Congress and R K Anand of lodging a "frivolous" compliant against him for allegedly changing the pen used to mark votes and instead pointed at differences between Congress and INLD for fielding the senior lawyer.
While Chandra was backed by the BJP, Anand had the backing of Congress and INLD.
He said the complaints against him are "frivolous" in nature and are based on "whimsical assumptions without a shred of evidentiary backing".
In a statement, Chandra said the complaints are an abuse of the process of the law and are a "counter-blast" to losing the elections.

He said Election Commission had reviewed the proceedings post counting and after going through the same had given clearance to declare the results.
Chandra pointed out that Anand's name proposed by INLD was not supported by Congress MLAs.

"... There were also reports of blame game between INLD and Congress of ditching each other and making a deal with BJP. Despite clear instructions to mark vote on ballot paper by violet sketch pen, some MLAs have consciously and deliberately marked their votes wrongly, resulting in the rejection of votes," he said.
Chandra said the turn of events and the complaints are aimed at maligning his reputation and goodwill as an elected candidate.

"On June 13, a new theory was coined blaming me to have cheated by magically exchanging the pen provided by Election Commission to cast the vote. It is a matter to record that the entire election process was transparent...," he said.