India
oi-Prakash KL
Lucknow/Varanasi/Bareilly,
Mar
9:
The
Election
Fee
(EC)
on
Wednesday
ordered
for
the
removing
of
three
officers
in
Uttar
Pradesh
over
the
allegations
of
shifting
digital
voting
machines
in
an
unauthorised
method.
The
officers
had 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
extra
election
officer
in
Bareilly
district
have
been
pulled
out
from
election
duties,
a
day
forward
of
the
counting
of
votes
in
UP.
A
day
earlier than
the
counting
of
votes
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
Samajwadi
Celebration
on
Wednesday
alleged
that
EVMs
had been
being
tampered
with
and
get together
staff
elevated
their
vigil
exterior
the
strongroom
the place
the
machines
are
stored.
On
its
Twitter
deal with,
the
SP
uploaded
a
video
clip
of
an
official
who
had
admitted
that
protocol
had
not
been
adopted
whereas
transporting
the
Digital
Voting
Machines
(EVMs)
on
Tuesday.
Nonetheless,
in
the
45
seconds-long
video,
the
official
additionally
dominated
out
the
risk
of
tampering
with
the
EVMs.
“In
many
districts,
reviews
of
‘herapheri’
(tampering
with)
of
EVMs
is
being
obtained
(by
the
get together).
On
whose
directives
is
this
occurring?
Are
officers
being
pressured
from
the
Chief
Minister’s
Workplace?
EC
please
make clear
this,”
the
tweet
additional
learn.
On
Tuesday,
SP
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
had
accused
the
ruling
BJP
of
attempting
to
“steal”
votes
saying
a
truck
carrying
EVMs
was
“intercepted”
in
Varanasi.
Later
in
the
night time,
he
had
despatched
out
tweets
asking
his
get together
cadres
and
alliance
companions
to
stay
alert
and
change into
“troopers
in
counting
of
votes”
Aside
from
Uttar
Pradesh,
counting
of
votes
in
Uttarakhand,
Punjab,
Goa
and
Manipur
will
take
place
on
Thursday.
Meeting
polls
had been
held
in
these
state
over
seven
phases.
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Story first revealed: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 19:31 [IST]