The Supreme Court Directs ECI to Verify Allegations of EVM Malfunctioning in Kerala
The Supreme Court directed ECI to look into the matter after it was raised by Prashant Bhushan during the hearing of the plea for 100% EVM-VVPAT verification.
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The Supreme Court has asked the ECI to verify allegations levelled against EVMs used in mock polls in Kasaragod, Kerala.
According to the allegations, the EVMs used in Kerala’s Kasaragod mock polls registered extra votes in favour of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).
The two judge benches of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta directed ECI to look into the issue after it was raised by Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan during the hearing of the EVM-VVPAT case.
Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), referred to a report published by Manorama Online that highlighted the issues regarding the mock polls.
“There was a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala. Four EVMs and VVPATs were recording one extra vote for the BJP. Manorama carried this report,” he claimed.
According to the report, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) raised complaints to the district collector of EVMs for erroneously registering one extra vote in the BJP’s favour.
However, when the Supreme Court resumed hearings for the case post-lunch break,an official of the an official of the Election Commission of India told the court that the cited report was fallacious.
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