India
pti-PTI
New
Delhi,
Mar
9:
The
Election
Fee
of
India
on
Wednesday
deputed
particular
officers
to
supervise
counting
of
votes
in
Meerut
and
Varanasi
amid
complaints
from
opposition
events
about
alleged
irregularities
in
the
Uttar
Pradesh
Meeting
polls.
Chief
Electoral
Officer
(CEO)
of
Delhi
has
been
despatched
as
a
particular
officer
to
oversee
the
counting
course of
in
Meerut
and
Bihar’s
CEO
to
Varanasi.
The
counting
of
votes
for
the
recently-concluded
meeting
elections
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
Goa,
Manipur,
Punjab
and
Uttarakhand
will
start
at
8
am
on
Thursday.
In addition to
the
5
states,
counting
of
votes
for
the
by-election
to
Majuli
meeting
seat
of
Assam
will
additionally
take
place
on
Thursday.
Altogether,
671
counting
observers,
130
police
observers
and
10
particular
observers
will
be
on
the
floor
to
guarantee
the
counting
course of
is
easy,
the
Fee
stated.
“The
Fee
has
additionally
deputed
two
particular
officers
—
CEO
Delhi
(Ranbir
Singh)
to
Meerut
and
CEO
Bihar
(H
R
Srinivas)
to
Varanasi
—
to
supervise
the
counting
preparations,”
it
added.
In
the
previous
additionally,
electoral
officers
from
completely different
states
have
been
deployed
as
particular
observers
or
particular
officers
preserving
in
thoughts
the
sensitivities,
EC
Secretary
Basic
Umesh
Sinha
instructed
reporters.
The
Samajwadi
Occasion
(SP)
has
alleged
that
digital
voting
machines
(EVMs)
have been
transported
with out
the
data
of
political
events
in
Varanasi
on
Tuesday.
Earlier,
there
have been
allegations
of
violation
of
protocol
throughout
polling
in
Meerut.
The
ballot
panel
officers
have
already
rejected
the
allegations
that
EVMs
used
for
voting
in
just-concluded
polls
have been
moved
out.
The
voting
took
place
in
seven
phases
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
starting
February
10
and
ending
on
March
7.
“EC
had
been
deploying
particular
observers
wherever
it
has
felt
that
the
supervision
wants
to
be
strengthened.
The
incident
which
took
place
in
Varanasi
on
Tuesday
—
the
Fee
took
a
swift
determination.
We
needed
to
ship
an
officer
who
is
totally
conscious
of
the
electoral
course of.
“Equally,
there
have been
studies
in
newspapers
on
Meerut,
we
have
despatched
CEO
Delhi,”
Senior
Deputy
Election
Commissioner
Chandra
Bhushan
Kumar
stated.
He
was
responding
to
a
question
on
why
these
two
districts
have been
recognized
for
sending
particular
observers.
When
requested
about
allegations
levelled
by
the
SP
on
unauthorised
motion
of
EVMs,
EC
Secretary
Basic
Sinha
stated
coaching
EVM
is
completely
completely different.
It
can not
be
used
for
polling
and
it
has
a
completely different
branding.
“There
have
been
some
rumours
associated
to
EVMs
and so forth.,
which
are
completely
unrelated
to
polled
EVMs
and
in
every
case
of
slightest
breach
of
protocol,
swift
motion
has
been
taken
by
the
Fee
in opposition to
the
officers
involved.
“No
particular person
ought to
indulge
in
any
hearsay
mongering
or
spreading
wrongful
info.
The
Fee
has
directed
CEOs
and
district
administration
to
take
strictest
authorized
motion
in opposition to
such
mongers
and
mischief,”
the
EC
stated
in
a
assertion.
As
far
as
breach
of
protocol
is
involved,
EC
took
motion
when
it
obtained
info,
stated
Kumar.
Three
officers
have been
eliminated
from
election
obligation
in
Uttar
Pradesh
on
Wednesday,
a
day
after
the
SP
alleged
that
the
digital
voting
machines
have been
shifted
in
an
unauthorised
method.
The
officers
have been
changed
on
the
instructions
of
the
Election
Fee.
The
nodal
officer
for
EVMs
in
Varanasi,
a
returning
officer
(RO)
in
Sonbhadra
district
and
an
further
election
officer
in
Bareilly
district
have
been
pulled
out
from
election
duties,
a
day
forward
of
the
counting
of
votes
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
The
EC
stated
elaborate
and
foolproof
preparations
have
been
made
at
all
the
counting
centres.
“All
sturdy
rooms,
the place
polled
EVMs
are
saved,
are
below
three-layered
safety
with
interior
cordon
manned
by
central
armed
forces.
Candidates
involved
have
been
watching
the
sturdy
room
preparations
by way of
CCTV
protection
of
24×7,”
it
added.
In
states
the place
polls
have been
held
not too long ago,
the
district
administration
has
imposed
prohibitory
orders
round
the
counting
halls
to
guarantee
that
peace
and
tranquility
is
not
disturbed,
it
stated.
Political
events
and
their
candidates
are
additionally
concerned
at
every
stage
associated
to
EVM
deployment
throughout
elections,
the
EC
stated.
Counting
of
votes
will
be
taken
up
for
postal
ballots
at
8
am
on
Thursday
and
will
proceed
until
its
completion.
After
a
hole
of
30
minutes
from
the
graduation
of
counting
of
postal
poll
papers,
counting
of
votes
for
EVM
will
start
at
8.30
am.
“EVM
counting
shall
proceed
irrespective
of
the
stage
of
postal
poll
counting…”
the
EC
assertion
stated.
In
case
the
margin
of
victory
is
much less
than
the
quantity
of
postal
poll
papers
rejected
as
invalid
at
the
time
of
counting,
all
the
rejected
postal
poll
papers
will
be
mandatorily
re-verified
by
the
RO
earlier than
declaration
of
consequence.
“Each time
such
re-verification
is
accomplished,
the
whole
proceedings
ought to
be
videographed…,”
the
ballot
panel
added.
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