LS polls: ECI orders probe into EVM tampering claims in Chhattisgarh
The move came in the wake of complaints lodged about possible discrepancies in the EVMs used during the recent elections.
The move came in the wake of complaints lodged about possible discrepancies in the EVMs used during the recent elections.
After the conclusion of the second phase of polling in the Assam assembly elections on Thursday, Election Commission polling staff…
Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had also raised the issued of EVM tampering.
The States and UTs were further asked to take adequate measures for the security of strongrooms and venues of counting of votes.
The Commission said the VVPAT verification will be done after the counting of votes and not before.
On Tuesday, 22 Opposition parties demanded that VVPAT slips at randomly selected five polling booths be counted first, and if any discrepancy occurs, then VVPAT slips be tallied for the entire assembly segments.
Earlier, Mukherjee had hailed the EC for 'perfectly' conducting the polls even as the opposition criticised the poll body of acting under pressure from the Centre.
Reiterating the Election Commission's stand that EVMs cannot be tampered with, the CEC said the electronic voting machines are being used for over two decades in India during elections.
"ECI firmly stands by the empirical facts about foolproof nature of the ECI EVMs deployed in elections in India," Election Commission of India says in a statement
Will EVMs be blamed if BJP wins today? And if Congress manages to wrest the states, will it still blame the EVMs?
