By means of PTI
LUCKNOW: Hours after the Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav claimed {that a} truck wearing EVMs was once “intercepted” in Varanasi, the Election Fee clarified that those EVMs have been “marked for coaching” of officers who will probably be on responsibility all over the counting of votes and weren’t utilized in elections.
In a observation issued right here overdue on Tuesday evening, the place of business of the Leader Electoral Officer of UP stated {that a} “‘hearsay was once unfold by way of other people of a few political birthday celebration by way of preventing the car and alleging that those EVMs have been utilized in elections”.
“Consistent with the file despatched by way of the District Election Officer (of Varanasi), it was once discovered all over the investigation that those EVMs have been marked for coaching.
“To coach the officers interested in counting responsibility, coaching has been organised for March 9 (Wednesday),” it stated The observation stated the second one coaching of the workers engaged in counting responsibility is on Wednesday and “those machines are at all times utilized in coaching for hands-on coaching”.
“Those EVMs have been being taken for coaching nowadays, and hearsay was once unfold by way of other people of a few political birthday celebration by way of preventing the car, and alleging that those EVMs have been utilized in elections,” the observation stated.
The UP CEO place of business additionally stated that all of the EVMs used for vote casting are sealed within the strongroom and secured in a three-tier safety cordon of the central paramilitary forces.
Those machines are totally remoted and safe and are often monitored by way of CCTVs during the day (24×7).
The District Election Officer of Varanasi has knowledgeable the representatives of quite a lot of political events referring to this, the observation stated.
Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav previous accused the ruling BJP of seeking to thieve votes, announcing {that a} truck wearing EVMs was once “intercepted” in Varanasi whilst two others were given away.
Counting of votes will happen on March 10.
