TMC echoes Omar Abdullah, decides not to support ally Congress in EVM row: ’Show evidence to EC’
Live MintTrinamool Congress distanced itself from the allied Congress on Monday amid continued debate over ‘EVM tampering’. Senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee urged the party to ‘show evidence to the Election Commission’ rather than ‘making a few statements’. Banerjee stated that allegations of EVM manipulation do not hold true if someone works well during EVM randomisation, even the booth workers verify these ECMs while conducting mock polls. If someone works well during EVM randomisation and the booth workers check EVMs during mock polls or review the form 17C, which is used to check ballot units or control units, during counting of votes, I don't think there is anything substantial in these allegations,” Banerjee said. On Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah denied the allegation of its ally, Congress, over objection to using EVMs and said, “if you have problems with the EVMs, then you should be consistent in those problems.”
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