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EVMs used in polls to be taken into custody: U'khand HC
April 27, 2017
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Central
Election Commission (EC), the State Election Commission and Bharatiya
Janata Party Vikasnagar MLA M.S. Chauhan.
The action was taken
upon a plea filed by Congress Vikasnagar runner-up candidate Navprabhat
on alleged tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
The High Court has asked the authorities to preserve the EVMs and has also sought a response on the same within six weeks.
Chauhan had defeated the Congress candidate, Navprabhat, over 6,000 votes in the elections held in February this year.
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat had hinted at possible tampering of EVMs to tweak the poll outcome.
The
EVMs are under scanner after the opposition parties have alleged that
the BJP had tampered the machines to ensure favorable results.
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