No pass for candidates’ agents to keep vigil of strong rooms: MP

Madurai MP Su Venkatesan has flayed election officials for not issuing identity card/pass to agents of candidates that gives them access to counting centres where EVMs and VVPATs of 10 Assembly consti

Madurai MP Su Venkatesan has flayed election officials for not issuing identity card/pass to agents of candidates that gives them access to counting centres where EVMs and VVPATs of 10 Assembly constituencies in the district are stored in strong rooms. “It is 36 hours after polling and 24 hours after the EVMs and VVPATs were moved to the four counting centres. But officials are yet to issue passes with photo identity to agents as mandated by the Election Commission,” the CPI(M) MP said.