There’s is not any mismatch between VVPAT slips (Voter verifiable paper audit path) and voting machine (EVM) numbers, stated Chief Election Officer Maharashtra, rejecting the Opposition allegations a couple of vote mismatch within the simply concluded Maharashtra state polls.
In accordance with guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court docket and the Election Fee, it’s obligatory to rely VVPAT slips of randomly chosen 5 polling stations per Meeting constituencies and to match it towards the numbers in EVMs.
A VVPAT slip rely of randomly chosen 5 polling stations per meeting constituency was performed on November 23, the vote counting day in Maharashtra, in entrance of the Counting Observer and representatives of candidates, stated the Chief Election Officer Maharashtra.
“As per that, slip rely of 1440 VVPAT items from 288 Meeting constituencies of Maharashtra state has been tallied with respective Management Unit Knowledge. There isn’t any discrepancy discovered between VVPAT slip rely and EVM Management unit rely as per the stories acquired from the involved District Election Officers (DEO). Due process laid by ECI has been adopted,” stated the officer.
Over the weekend, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, at an NDTV occasion, famous that the “ninda ras” or the development of criticism is on the rise and the the power to reward or see the positives is on a decline. The feedback have been within the backdrop of the Opposition’s questions over the voting machines.
“What surprises me, positively, is the resilience of the Indian voter… this nation can resolve all its points peacefully by means of the poll, not the bullet… That is the most important satisfaction,” Mr Kumar stated at NDTV’s Indian Of The Yr Award occasion.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi – fronted by the Congress and the Shiv Sena and NCP factions – having misplaced poorly within the Maharashtra election is planning a national protest against the credibility of EVMs, which it blames for its dismal present.
Earlier, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge protested towards using voting machines and advised a return to poll paper.
“We should always all unite and transfer ahead collectively and push them apart. I don’t want to talk about elections, however I’d certainly say the votes of all of the poor and oppressed communities are going to waste. They need to all demand voting by poll paper,” the 82-year-old Congress chief stated talking on the ‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan’ perform at Talkatora stadium in Delhi On November 26.
“Allow them to preserve EVMs with them. We don’t want EVMs, we want voting on ballot paper. Then they are going to know what their place is and the place they stand,” he stated referring to the BJP.
Taking a swipe on the leaders of the Opposition alliance over their allegation surrounding EVMs, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday stated let MLAs resign and let re-election happen.
“Nobody takes them (MVA) significantly…If they do not have belief in EVMs the MPs and MLAs of Congress, NCP-SCP and Shiv Sena (UBT) ought to resign in protest of EVMs and let re-election happen,” stated Mr Goyal.