VVPAT verification of random polling stations should be done prior to counting of votes: Opposition parties to EC

VVPAT verification of random polling stations should be done prior to counting of votes: Opposition parties to EC

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 07:58 PM IST
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A total of 22 opposition parities met Election Commission on Tuesday over concerns of EVM tampering and use of VVPATs. The parties submitted a memorandum to EC making few requests. The parties requested EC that the verification of VVPAT slips of randomly identified (05) polling stations should be done prior to the initiation of counting of votes & not after the completion of last round of counting.

Another request made by them was that if any discrepancy is found anywhere during the VVPAT verification, 100% counting of paper slips of VVPATs of all polling stations of that assembly segment should be done. Earlier, leaders of opposition parties met at New Delhi today amid their concerns over the electronic voting machines (EVM) and use of VVPATs.

Among those who attended the meeting were Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, Nationalist Congress Party’s Praful Patel, DMK’s Kanimozhi, Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien, Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Satish Chandra Misra, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Manoj Jha, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitraram Yechury, Communist Party of India leader D. Raja and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal.

With IANS inputs  

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