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CEC knows why EVM necessary
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said the EC was planning to use electronic voting machines to make sure that ballot boxes could not be stuffed on the night before an election.
Violence lessens, not irregularities
The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral
'Helpless, shocked'
"Less than an hour after the voting began, some seven to eight ruling party men stormed the booth I was assigned to. Identifying themselves as Chhatra League and Jubo League activists, they tried to take the ballots away from me."
Police witnessed but didn't act
Police played the role of silent spectators at many voting centres when supporters of Awami League mayor candidates prevented voters from entering polling centres, snatched ballot papers and stuffed those in ballot boxes.
CEC knows why EVM necessary
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said the EC was planning to use electronic voting machines to make sure that ballot boxes could not be stuffed on the night before an election.
Violence lessens, not irregularities
The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral
'Helpless, shocked'
"Less than an hour after the voting began, some seven to eight ruling party men stormed the booth I was assigned to. Identifying themselves as Chhatra League and Jubo League activists, they tried to take the ballots away from me."
Police witnessed but didn't act
Police played the role of silent spectators at many voting centres when supporters of Awami League mayor candidates prevented voters from entering polling centres, snatched ballot papers and stuffed those in ballot boxes.
