The latest statement of the Congress leader came a day after he called EVMs a ‘black box’ in India that cannot be scrutinised, in the wake of a media report claiming EVM hacking at Mumbai North West parliamentary constituency in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.
According to a communiqué issued by the EC, polling in these 13 Assembly constituencies in seven states will be held on 10th July.
The last Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections were held in 2014. On 19 June 2018, Mehbooba Mufti led PDP-BJP government fell leading to imposition of Governor's rule, followed by President's rule in the region.
The Election Commission on Thursday said the overall voter turnout in the Lok Sabha elections was recorded at 65.79 per cent.
The Congress leader sought the time from the EC in response to a notice issued by it on Sunday.
The interim vice-chancellor Gautam Chandra and some EC members waiting at the estate office of the BU at Rajbati in the town for several hours had to suspend the meeting.
Videography was also done in handful of booths earlier.
In its complaint, the saffron party alleged that the remarks by the TMC leader were serious violations of provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the model code of conduct.
The BJP has condemned Ghosh's remarks and the party general secretary Arun Singh has issued a show cause notice to him with a caution.
An apolitical rights’ body in the city has taken up the ‘trouble’ to ask the political parties to observe propriety while campaigning.
