'Waiting for him to announce results': BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya trolled for tweeting Karnataka poll dates before EC

BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya today triggered a controversy after he tweeted the date of the Karnataka Assembly polls before the Election Commission announced it. 

His tweet came when Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat was addressing a press conference to announce the schedule for Karnataka polls but had not announced the date.

When Rawat's attention was drawn towards the tweet, he described it as a "very serious issue" that merited a probe and "stringent action". 

The BJP IT cell head said the election would be held on May 12 and counting would take place on May 18. While he was correct on the polling day, the votes will be counted on May 15.

Taking strong objection to Malviya's tweet, the Congress today dubbed the BJP "Super Election Commission". 

Malviya later deleted the tweet and said that he had only quoted a news channel.

Despite Malviya's defence, he was trolled vigourously on Twitter with some even demanding strict action against the BJP leader. 

Here is how Twitterati reacted to Malviya's tweet:

#AmitMalviya announced the election date just 15 minutes before EC. How he got information about this. How much more does he have access to EC. What more does he know? Does the date decided by BJP IT cell. It’s very pathetic incident. EC should take strict action against this. pic.twitter.com/0nqkggcUVf

— Md Iftekharuz Zaman (@mohd_ifte) March 27, 2018

Wohoo.
BJP is faster than Election Commission!#AmitMalviya pic.twitter.com/mF2vx6tZjS

— Mayank Bhardwaj (@sonubhardwaj51) March 27, 2018

Election commission was lion before. But @BJP4India trapped them in cage... #AmitMalviya #ElectionCommission #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/jU7rjFdKn1

— INC akhter (@AkhterH007007) March 27, 2018

Kya baat hai sir ji, Election Commission ko announce to kar lene do

— BJP IT cell zindabad (@ItZindabad) March 27, 2018

BJP IT cell head announces Karnataka poll dates before EC? @sifydotcom cartoon #KarnatakaElections pic.twitter.com/jCEKo0kFmM

— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) March 27, 2018

#AmitMalviya
Credibility of EC is at all time low.

— bharath kumar (@84bharath) March 27, 2018

#KarnatakaElections2018 Now waiting for BJP IT Cell to announce results also. #KarnatakaElections2018 #amitmalviya

— Kunal (@KunalGemawath) March 27, 2018

IT CELL ka incharge hi bana do #amitmalviya pic.twitter.com/9tgYbgYs9q

— james (@_james00_) March 27, 2018

#AmitMalviya is modern guru. He can see the future and tell us in advance. Take a bow !@RoflGandhi_

— Anuraag Kamble (@AnuragANK) March 27, 2018

#AmitMalviya Politican, Prophet or the Official Announcer of the Election Commission?

— Samya Singh (@samyyyasays) March 27, 2018

#EC should take action against the person who leaked the info on dates of voting and counting in #Karnataka. #AmitMalviya should take action against the person who leaked the wrong info on dates of voting and counting to him !

— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) March 27, 2018

The scary part is that they are not only destroying credibility of institutions but openly flaunting it! Malviya’s tweet is blasé & deliberate. He knows he’ll get away with it. BJP is messaging that they are no longer bound by laws of the land https://t.co/VvTpTMSTnB

— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) March 27, 2018

BJP becomes the ‘Super Election Commission’ as they announce poll dates for Karnataka even before the EC.

Credibility of EC is on test.
Will EC now issue notice to BJP President, Amit Shah & register an FIR against BJP IT Head for leaking EC’s confidential information? pic.twitter.com/i3vU2iJpjH

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 27, 2018

Who announced #KarnatakaElections2018 before Election Commission:
1) Times Now at 11:07 AM (Look Video).
2) Congress IT Cell Karnataka, Srivatsa at 11:08 AM.
3) BJP IT Cell, Amit Malviya at 11:08 AM.
And Irony is Everyone blaming BJP for it. Another Hit Job to Blame BJP for Polls pic.twitter.com/f3RJOhcTDq

— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) March 27, 2018

Times Now Released The #KarnatakaElections2018 Dates At 11.06 AM
Congress Karnataka IT Cell's Srivatsa Tweeted At 11.08 AM
Amit Malviya Tweeted At 11.08 AM

Instead Of Questioning Times Now This Selective Bashing Of BJP IT Cell's Amit Malviya Just Exposes The Media Bias pic.twitter.com/LNPmm6IgzJ

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) March 27, 2018

Letter submitted to the Election Commission by Shri @malviyamit, National In-charge, Information and Technology, BJP regarding a tweet pertaining to the election dates in Karnataka. https://t.co/0mDUFzOKCH pic.twitter.com/CziIhciO2B

— BJP (@BJP4India) March 27, 2018