The bench among other issues sought clarity from the poll panel officials whether the micro controller is installed in the controlling unit or the VVPAT and the flash memory of the microcontrollers in EVMs cannot be reprogrammed.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received complaints against Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate Mahua Moitra for alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
During a meeting, the chief election commissioner asked observers to ensure that no inducements are offered close to the voting of the second phase, forces are optimally utilised and law and order are kept under strict watch.
The ECI said it strongly condemns the impugned statement made by the Congress MP.
The home voting facility of the poll panel is aimed at empowering voters who encounter barriers to participating in the electoral process at the polling stations. This facility is extended to senior citizens aged above 85 years and PwDs.
According to data available with the CEO's office as many as 89 show cause notices had been served on erring leaders of various political parties responsible for organising meetings throwing Covid norms imposing a limit of 500 people at such meetings to the winds.
The ECI has full power, but the EC totally failed to implement the Covid guidelines on the voting day and during campaigning time: Calcutta High Court.
Barring some sporadic incidents, polling in the sixth phase was peaceful in all the nine Assembly constituencies in North Dinajpur district.
Miss Banerjee said, “The second wave of Covid is not a man-made disaster, it is a Modi-made disaster. The prime minister is responsible for this situation, as they didn’t provide enough vaccines, and 65 percent of vaccines were exported abroad. This is a monumental failure of the central government.”
The letter also stated that ECI is wilfully doing it only in West Bengal whereas elections are conducted in three more states and an Union territory.
