EVMs malfunctioning, says Cong, complains to EC

October 21, 2019 16:04

When the going gets tough, EVMs malfunction.

So, the Maharashtra Congress has now claimed that the electronic voting machines were malfunctioning in several booths across the state.

"We have been sitting here in the Congress war room since 6 am and have received many complaints of EVMs not functioning properly in various polling booths, some of which were even changed after the complaint," Avinash Pandey Congress general secretary and the party's war room in-charge in Mumbai told ANI.

Pandey gave the example of a polling booth in the Ramtek assembly constituency."For example, in booth number 337 in the Ramtek assembly constituency, a complaint came that while the button against one party's symbol was being pressed the VVPAT showed the symbol of another party. This is a serious fault," Pandey said.

"We have complained to the Election Commission regarding this and we are hopeful it will be resolved soon," he further said.Voting for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra began at 7 am today and will continue till 6 pm in the evening. -- ANI

Image: Aishwarya, Abhishek, Jaya vote at Juhu

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