EVMs safe, allegations false & factually incorrect, says EC
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:22.05.2019
The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected reports of alleged EVM tampering, saying the reports were “absolutely false” and added that all machines used in the elections are safe in strongrooms.
The EC also made a 24x7 EVM control room at its headquarters to monitor complaints relating to polled EVMs. The control room will receive complaints related to storage issues at strongrooms, security of strongrooms, permissions to candidates to post their agents at strongrooms, CCTV monitoring, movement of any EVMs, and any complaints during counting related to EVMs.
The EC clarification came after allegations and some social media posts and video clips claiming that EVMs were being changed in strongrooms in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
“Election Commission of India would like to emphatically and unambiguously clarify that all such reports and allegations are absolutely false, and factually incorrect. The visuals seen viral on media do not pertain to any EVMs used during the elections,” it said.
The poll body said that aspersions in clips being used in media merely pertain to the storage or movement of reserve unused EVMs. “However any case of lapse even in handling of Reserve EVMs is thoroughly investigated and disciplinary action taken against the officers responsible,” it said.
Through the entire day, the district administrations kept clarifying that apprehensions were baseless.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:22.05.2019
The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected reports of alleged EVM tampering, saying the reports were “absolutely false” and added that all machines used in the elections are safe in strongrooms.
The EC also made a 24x7 EVM control room at its headquarters to monitor complaints relating to polled EVMs. The control room will receive complaints related to storage issues at strongrooms, security of strongrooms, permissions to candidates to post their agents at strongrooms, CCTV monitoring, movement of any EVMs, and any complaints during counting related to EVMs.
The EC clarification came after allegations and some social media posts and video clips claiming that EVMs were being changed in strongrooms in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
“Election Commission of India would like to emphatically and unambiguously clarify that all such reports and allegations are absolutely false, and factually incorrect. The visuals seen viral on media do not pertain to any EVMs used during the elections,” it said.
The poll body said that aspersions in clips being used in media merely pertain to the storage or movement of reserve unused EVMs. “However any case of lapse even in handling of Reserve EVMs is thoroughly investigated and disciplinary action taken against the officers responsible,” it said.
Through the entire day, the district administrations kept clarifying that apprehensions were baseless.
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