Omar Abdullah on EVMs: Congress has expressed concerns regarding the infallibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and questioned the election outcome following its losses in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls.
In the aftermath of this historic win, social media has been flooded with allegations regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Amid these claims, a video has surfaced on social media, purportedly showing a massive crowd protesting in Maharashtra against the use of EVMs.
Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal announced the establishment of 20,629 polling booths for the upcoming state assembly elections. A preliminary voter list has been published, and political parties are urged to review and report errors by August 16.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: While the NCP (SP) leader raised objections, the returning officer for the constituency, denied the claims, stating that only the display unit was temporarily closed. However, the CEO has not provided any explanation for the temporary closure.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: During the third phase of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) orchestrated a remarkable feat by enabling voting at the highest polling booth in Maharashtra, situated at the Raireshwar Fort in the Baramati constituency.
Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP), which is a part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, is contesting Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Congress. The SP and allies are contesting 63 seats while the 'Grand Old Party' is contesting on 17 seats out of total 80.
According to the poll panel, out of 21 states and union territories which went to polls in the first phase, 11 recorded a higher turnout of women voters. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Bengal.
The Supreme Court bench said it had not forgotten what used to happen in the era of ballot papers, when one of the petitioners suggested going back to ballot papers.
Assam cabinet approved the amendment of provisions of the Assam Panchayat Act to allow Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that there is evidence that the BJP is trying to hack the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in its attempts to win elections.
The poll body also asked Congress to "publicly expose" the "rumour-mongers" that spread such false information.
The plea said such a move will help electors vote and support intelligent, diligent and honest candidates and "control the dictatorship of political party bosses in ticket distribution".
A bench of Justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh refused to entertain the plea challenging section 61A of the 1951 Act, which pertains to electronic voting machines (EVMs) at elections.
Ahead of state Assembly elections in Puducherry on April 06, EVMs and VVPAT machines have been moved from Women's Polytechnic College to different distribution centres.
Questioning the integrity and impartiality of the Election Commission, without even a shred of solid evidence, and that too, even before the votes are counted, amounts to insulting democracy.
"We are not inclined to modify our order," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.
Problems were found in Booth No. 127 (Gadchiroli-Chimur constituency), booth No. 147 (Yavatmal-Washim), with the electronic voting machines (EVMs) functioning extremely slowly and delaying the voting process.
With 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, entering the fray, the Election Commission is using 12 EVMs in each polling station.
Referring to the electoral system in the US, he said unlike them, India has a system of accountability where everybody working in elections are responsible government servants.
It is pertinent to mention here that all these developments have come at a time when Lok Sabha elections 2019 is just a few months away.
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