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Assam Assembly elections: Congress holds protest over EVM row
The protest rally was not allowed to move forward on the busy arterial G S Road and stopped at the gate of the state Congress headquarters Rajiv Bhawan .
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GUWAHATI: Following a controversy over a polling team in Assam carrying an EVM in the vehicle belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate, the Congress on Saturday held a protest against the incident and alleged that the ruling party in the state is indulging in electoral manipulation.
Amid slogan-shouting by the party workers, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora urged the Election Commission to take strict action against the BJP leaders who carry out illegal activities that hamper the polling process.
Assam: EC s Special Observer Finds No Deliberate Attempt to Disrupt Poll Process
The incident in Assam when a polling party was found carrying EVMs in a vehicle that belonged to the wife of a BJP candidate from a neighbouring seat was an isolated one , the poll body s observer said.
Representative image of polling officials in Assam. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The Election Commission’s (EC) special observer on Friday said there was no “deliberate or mala fide intention” to disrupt the poll process, saying the incident in Assam when a polling party was found carrying EVMs in a vehicle that belonged to the wife of a BJP candidate from a neighbouring seat was an ‘isolated one’.
Assam EVM row: Police arrest three, magisterial probe ordered
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Sat, Apr 3 2021 21:27 IST |
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Guwahati/Silchar, April 3 : The Karimganj District Magistrate (DM) has ordered a magisterial inquiry and the police arrested three people in connection with the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) found in a BJP candidate wife s vehicle on Thursday night, officials said on Saturday.
A district official said that the Karimganj DM Anbamuthan MP (Repeat Anbamuthan MP) has ordered the magisterial inquiry and entrusted Additional District Magistrate Rajeshan Terang to conduct the probe and submit the report within three days.
Meanwhile, the police also arrested three people for attacking the private car in which the polling personnel along the polled EVM were travelling after the completion of the second phase of polling on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi has claimed that there is absolute financial and media dominance by the BJP.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Election Commission on Saturday with a two-word takedown of the poll body on Twitter amid a huge controversy over officials transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate s car in Assam and a reduction of campaign ban duration on a senior BJP leader. Election Commission , Mr Gandhi tweeted in a direct attack on the poll body that has since suspended four officials and ordered repolling in one station in Assam s Ratabari after the purported video of the EVM being carried in a BJP leader s vehicle was circulated widely on social media.