Just three days ahead of the counting of votes of the Assam Assembly election, opposition Congress on Thursday alleged โserious discrepanciesโ in respect of the safety of strong rooms, EVMs and control units under nine Assembly constituencies in three districts.
The party filed a complaint with the Election Commission on Thursday in this connection.
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Assam Congress president Ripun Bora, in his letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, said that โdiverse serious discrepancies were foundโ in the strong rooms where the EVMs were kept after the elections in nine Assembly constituencies โ Jaleswar, Chabua, Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Moran, Dudhnoi, Goalpara East, Goalpara West and Dhakuakhana.
Citing instances, the Congress leader said that tags and slips bearing the number of ballot unit, control unit and VVPAT in respect of two polling stations under the Dhakuakhana constituency were found near the strong room.
He said that mismatches of the identification numbers of EVMs, control units, ballot units and VVPATs were found and informed to the Deputy Commissioner concerned.
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โThe four Congress candidates in Goalpara district filed a joint petition to the district election officer regarding three boys entering the strong room and the control room on April 28 with electrical devices โon the pretext of some repairing worksโ in the closed-circuit television unit,โ Bora said.
Demanding n immediate enquiry into the allegations, the Congress leader sought the intervention of the Election Commission to resolve the โdiscrepancies in respect of the safety of strong rooms and EVMsโ.
Bora also demanded counting of VVPAT in respect of the constituencies where EVMs and strong rooms securities were violated.