SC Directs ECI to Investigate Claims of BJP’s Additional Votes in EVMs During Mock Polls

SC Directs ECI to Investigate Claims of BJP's Additional Votes in EVMs During Mock Polls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has instructed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to investigate allegations made by advocate Prashant Bhushan regarding four EVMs allegedly recording an extra vote for the BJP during a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala. The directive came from a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta while reviewing a report on the EVM issue during hearings on petitions seeking comprehensive verification of votes cast via EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), as reported by Live Law. The Supreme Court emphasised the importance…

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