Election Commission has decided to depute a team of high level officers led by Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh Bhanwar Lal to supervise the by-polls in Madhya Pradesh, following complaints from opposition parties on malfunctioning of EVMs. <br/><br/>Congress and Aam Admi Party had met the Election Commission officials, alleging the EVMs have voted for a particular party during demonstration. Ater and Bandhavgarh in the state are going to polls on 9th April and counting will take place on the 14th. <br/>'<br/>The Election Commission in a statement said, to ensure the correct functioning of EVMs and VVPATs in the two assembly constituencies the Commission has decided to depute two teams of its officials along with technical experts. <br/>'<br/>The Poll body said, the integrity of the EVMs and the VVPATs to be used in the poll will be demonstrated to the complete satisfaction of all stakeholders by the team. It said that these team will remain in the Assembly Constituency till the counting is over. <br/>'<br/>Earlier, a Congress delegation met the Commission and expressed serious concern over the reported tampering of EVMs. The delegation comprising senior Congress leaders Mohan Prakash, Digvijay Singh and Jytoradiya Scindia also submitted a memorandum to the Commission. <br/><br/>The delegation demanded to reverify the authenticity of all voting machines being deployed during these elections which must be done transparently in the presence of authorised representatives of political parties or candidates. They also demanded replacing state Chief Electoral Officer and Collector of Bhind. <br/>'<br/>Later, talking to reporters, Mr Prakash said, in view of doubts over the credibility of EVMs, the elections should be held through ballot papers. Mr Digvijay Singh asked, when the election process in other countries is based on ballot papers, why it is not being adopted in India.<br/>
News On AIR | April 2, 2017 8:19 AM
EC to depute team in MP following reports of EVM malfunctioning