India News: NEW DELHI: For all the doubts expressed regarding reliability of electronic voting machines from time to time, including by West Bengal chief minister.
NEW DELHI: Even before the announcement of polls on February 26, the Election Commission had started receiving letters from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressing misgivings about electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) and even demanding a third-party audit of the results. Three separate letters were written by Banerjee on February 6, February 24 and March 2, demanding, among other things, independent third-party audit of results with findings to be made public, 100% tallying of EVM count with VVPAT slips and ordering repoll in the event of a mismatch; and increasing display time of VVPAT slips from the current 7 seconds to 15 seconds and also allowing the voter to cancel his/her vote in case of any discrepancy. “With the fierce rivalry of opposition political parties looking to win by hook or crook.tampering of EVMs and VVPATs is not unlikely in West Bengal assembly,” she had noted while suggesting these “solutions”.
Representative image PUDUCHERRY: The Election Commission of India has made elaborate arrangements to announce the early trends and the final results of assembly elections in the Union territory of Puducherry and four states besides byelections, said Puducherry district collector and district officer Purva Garg. The commission will update the round-wise trends of each constituency every few minutes and announce the results on its website https://results.eci.gov.in and through the mobile application Voter Helpline’. The counting of votes in Puducherry will commence at 8am on Sunday at three centres in the Puducherry region covering 23 assembly constituencies, a centre at Karaikal covering five constituencies and a centre for Mahe and Yanam each covering one constituency each.
A security personnel stationed outside the strong room where EVMs have been kept, in Guwahati on Thursday GUWAHATI: The Congress’ Assam unit on Thursday filed a complaint with the Election Commission alleging “serious discrepancies” regarding the safety of a strong room and electronic voting machines used in the recently held assembly polls, and demanded an inquiry into the matter. In a letter to the Election Commission, Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora said lack of safety of a strong room and EVMs were noticed in several assembly constituencies in Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Goalpara districts. The tags/slips bearing the number of ballot unit, control unit and the VVPAT used in two polling stations under the Dhakuakhana seat in Lakhimpur district were found by Congress supporters outside the sealed strong room in which they were kept, Bora alleged in the letter.
At least five VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails) will be counted in each LAC (Legislative Assembly Constituency) during the counting of votes on May 2, 2021.
SC rejects plea seeking 100 per cent matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs vote count We are not going to interfere in the middle of election process, a bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said. Share Via Email | A+A A- The Assembly election process is on in five states including West Bengal and the counting of votes for all the seats be held on May 2. (Photo | G Satyanarayana, EPS) By PTI NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking 100 per cent matching of the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with the electronic voting machines (EVMs) vote count in the elections, saying it will not interfere in the middle of poll process.
It is clear that the BJP is behind it.” A day after a purported audio tape – in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims – surfaced, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that her phone is being tapped and said she will order a CID probe into it. Addressing an election rally here, she accused the BJP of being involved in the conspiracy as the saffron party cannot match the ruling Trinamool Congress campaigning on development programmes. They (BJP leaders) are even eavesdropping on our everyday conversation. It seems they are tapping our phone calls on cooking and other household chores.
Shah calls Rahul tourist politician , blames Mamata for denial of citizenship to Matuas Updated: Updated: April 16, 2021 14:59 IST A tourist politician arrived in Bengal after almost the entire poll got over and questioned our DNA.” Share Article Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: PTI A tourist politician arrived in Bengal after almost the entire poll got over and questioned our DNA.” Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of denying citizenship to Dalit Matua and Namsudra communities as her vote bank would not like it . Reaching out to the two numerically strong communities which can infuence the outcome of assembly elections in many seats, Shah said a ₹ 100 crore fund will be created for their welfare if the BJP is voted to power in the state.
EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader s home, poll official suspended Updated: Updated: The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended. Share Article The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended. Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar assembly segment, he said. Villagers spotted a vehicle with an Election Commission sticker outside the house of the TMC leader in the early hours, after which they started protesting, he added.
West Bengal assembly polls: EC seizes EVMs from TMC leader s home, suspends sector officer, cops West Bengal phase 3 polling: The Election Commission has claimed that Tapan Sarkar, a sector officer in charge of elections took the EVMs and VVPATs to TMC leader Gautam Ghosh s residence on April 5, and both Sarkar and Ghosh are relatives BusinessToday.In | April 6, 2021 | Updated 16:15 IST The Election Commission found four electronic voting machines (EVMs) and four VVPATs at TMC leader Gautam Ghosh s residence. The Election Commission on Tuesday found four electronic voting machines (EVMs) and four VVPATs at the residence of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal s Uluberia amid the phase 3 polling in the state.