"Vote Machines Stolen In UP, Videos Show": Akhilesh Yadav's Shocker
NDTV
The Samajwadi Party, the biggest challenger to the BJP in the recently held elections in Uttar Pradesh, today alleged that Electronic Voting machines were being taken away from the counting centres in Varanasi. The counting of votes will be held on Thursday and the party has claimed that it will win more than 300 seats in the state where the BJP is hoping for another term in power.
The District Magistrate of Varanasi, however, said the EVMs were being used for training purposes and they were not the ones used for voting.
Accusing "some political parties" of "spreading rumours", District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said the EVMs used in the elections "are all sealed in the strong room in the possession of CRPF and there is CCTV surveillance which is being watched by people of all political parties".
