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Udit Raj targets SC over VVPATs counting, asks if it is involved in riggin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Congress leader Udit Raj on Wednesday stoked controversy and questioned the manner the Supreme Court has dealt with complaints of EVM rigging and pleas seeking review of 100 per cent voter-verified paper audit trail slips along with electronic voting machi
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LS polls: EC sets up Control Room to monitor complaints relating to EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): A 24-hour EVM Control Room has been made functional here at Nirvachan Sadan to monitor complaints relating to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Election Commission said.
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NDA leaders slam Opposition for baseless allegations about EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): BJP-led NDA leaders have attacked the opposition parties for questioning the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Allegations on EVM manipulation false, Oppn should learn to accept defeat
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): BJP on Tuesday dubbed as "baseless" and "frivolous", the highly "strategized" blame game by the Opposition alleging manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines and asked them to graciously accepting defeat if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is once again voted
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EC has problem with our demand for EVM-VVPAT tallying, says N Chandrababu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has a problem with our demand of tallying votes registered in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with that of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips, said TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday.
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Sitaram Yechury discusses agenda for Oppn party meet
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission should order recount of all the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in an assembly constituency if a discrepancy is found in the counting of even one of the five EVMs which will be checked with VVPAT, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram
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Maharashtra: Congress urges EC to ensure security of EVMs, vigilance at co
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 21 (ANI): Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take the required steps for ensuring safety and security of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the larger interest of democracy.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking 100 pc VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by a group of technocrats seeking a direction that all votes on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) be verified with voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs).
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I don't trust 'Exit Poll gossip', says Mamata urges Oppn to be united, str
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): Even as exit polls on television channels projected a win for the BJP-led NDA at the Centre, in West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said that she doesn't trust "exit poll gossip" and dubbed it as some "game plan" to manipul
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"Impressed, we don't have these in Australia": Envoy on EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Australian High Commissioner to India, who is here to observe the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, praised the Election Commission for a "well-organised and orderly" election as 59 seats voted on Sunday. Harinder Sidhu said witnessing the exercise was an insp
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After SC declines, opposition parties urge EC to expand VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The opposition parties on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to expand the ambit of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) verification after the Supreme Court rejected their plea to match 50 per cent electronic voting machines (EVMs) wi
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SC rejects Opposition's petition on 50% VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. May 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) verification from five to at least 50 per cent of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the
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