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Assam EVM row: Four EC officials suspended, repoll ordered
Bharti Jain | TNN | Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 13:21 IST
The presiding officer has been issued a show cause notice for violation of the transport protocol and a report.Read More
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday ordered the suspension of four polling personnel in Ratabari (SC) assembly constituency in Assam after they violated EVM transport protocol by hitching a ride with a polled EVM in a private car, which EC said they only later found belonged to a BJP candidate’s wife.
Though the polled EVMs were found intact, the poll panel has decided to do a repoll at the concerned polling booth in Ratabari (SC) “as added precaution”.
The EC has put out a 'factual report' explaining what happened in Assam’s Karimganj, where an EVM was found to be transported in a car belonging to the wife of a BJP contestant.
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Police reached the spot along with district election officer and used force to pull out the polling party. All the items have been deposited in the strong room, the statement said.
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday ordered a repoll at a polling booth in Ratabari seat of Assam after a controversy broke out over the presiding officer carrying the EVM after polling in a vehicle which belonged to the wife of a BJP candidate contesting from a neighbouring seat.
To prevent the polling team from being assaulted in Karimganj by a mob which alleged that the electronic voting machine was being taken for tampering, police had to use force.
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