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EC informs SC that reports of EVM error in Kerala are false

April 18, 2024 12:37 pm | Updated 07:32 pm IST - NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday told the Supreme Court that statements that four electronic voting machines erroneously logged in votes in favour of the BJP during mock polls held in Kerala were plainly false. The attention of a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was drawn to the reports by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner Association for Democratic Reforms. When the court re-assembled at 2 p.m., a senior Election Commission official, Nitesh Kumar Vyas, informed the court that the “news reports were false”. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for another petitioner, Arun Kumar Agarwal, said they had merely alerted the court about the media reports.

The Hindu

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