Physical verification of EVMs to be done

As per an order of the Election Commission, the district administration officials will conduct physical verification of the Electronic Voting Machines used in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009 in Bidar on Thursday.

Officials will crosscheck the machines and match them against their numbers listed in the election records. This report will be sent to the EC, official sources said.

The EC is acting on the directions of the High Court, issued in an election petition filed by Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli, who was defeated by N. Dharam Singh in that election. The petition alleged that officials of the district administration had switched EVMs for Mr. Singh’s benefit. “Mr. Singh had contested the petition saying it was not maintainable. The High Court had stayed it. But the stay has been vacated now, and we have received instructions for the physical verification,” sources said.

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