EC defends integrity of EVMs in SC, asserts it can’t be manipulated
The Election Commission of India (ECI) defended the integrity of the electronic voting system, asserting that it was not prone to any external interference or manipulations.
The Election Commission will on Wednesday hold a meeting with West Bengal observers on poll-related violence in the state via video conferencing.
The development comes a day after BJP and TMC supporters on Tuesday clashed during a massive roadshow by BJP president Amit Shah in Kolkata.
Violence, arson and the vandalising of an iconic statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar marked the BJP rally.
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Police personnel resorted to lathi charge to disperse the warring crowds.
A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission today in the wake of vandalism in college and destruction of Bengali polymath Vidyasagar’s bust during BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow.
“Trinamool Parliamentary team comprising @derekobrienmp, @Sukhendusekhar, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC on May 15 in aftermath of the attack on Bengal’s heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagar’s bust,” All India Trinamool Congress tweeted.
Earlier, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had condemned the attack and mentioned that an inquiry will be done.
Earlier on Tuesday, A BJP delegation comprising of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Anil Baluni, GVL Narasimha Rao and others met the EC and asked the poll body to stop West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning after BJP president Amit Shah’s rally was attacked.
“She holds a constitutional post but has been using unconstitutional comments, asking her party workers to take revenge and indulge in violence. She is complicit,” said BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi after visiting the Election Commission’s office in Delhi.
Owing to a history of violence, West Bengal is the only state which is voting in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
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