NCP’s Hadapsar meeting candidate seeks readability on verification of 5% votes

Jan 16, 2025 04:01 AM IST

The court docket additionally directed that any doubts amongst voters or candidates relating to microcontrollers and chips needs to be addressed

Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP) chief Prashant Jagtap who contested and misplaced the not too long ago held state meeting polls from the Hadapsar meeting constituency has written to the Pune district collector, searching for readability on verification of 5% of the votes which he had sought earlier.

A number of candidates who contested and misplaced the state meeting polls raised issues over the credibility of digital voting machines (EVMs) and the election course of after the meeting election outcomes had been declared. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Jagtap has additionally requested the district collector to speak to him the date when the verification course of will likely be carried out.

Many like Jagtap paid the required charges and requested verification of 5 per cent of the votes underneath the Election Fee of India’s (ECI’s) provisions.

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Jagtap stated, “In Pune district, many candidates utilized for vote verification. Whereas some later withdrew their purposes, I didn’t. I not too long ago discovered that the Election Fee carried out coaching for its officers on the verification course of. Nonetheless, there are claims that the fee is following a distinct process than the one outlined by the Supreme Courtroom. Contemplating this, I wrote a letter searching for readability on the process to be adopted – whether or not it aligns with the Supreme Courtroom tips – and the date for conducting the verification course of.”

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In the meantime, state election officer S Chokalingam on Monday held a gathering with all district collectors, extra election officer Kiran Kulkarni, and different officers. In the course of the assembly, Chokalingam emphasised, “To boost the credibility of the election course of, the re-verification course of have to be carried out transparently. After the Lok Sabha elections, the Supreme Courtroom upheld the credibility of EVMs, stating that human interference shouldn’t be potential. The court docket additionally directed that any doubts amongst voters or candidates relating to microcontrollers and chips needs to be addressed. It’s the duty of district officers to make sure that the method is carried out correctly to construct belief among the many public.”

The election workplace too has organised workshops on re-verification in response to the quite a few purposes obtained throughout the state.