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NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik made the comment after the Supreme Court dismissed the plea of 21 opposition parties seeking a review of its April 8 order directing the EC to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per Assembly segment
 

Senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for petitioners, told the bench that the apex court had increased the random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment and they are now seeking that it should be increased to 25% at least

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu has requested the Election Commission to conduct elections using ballot paper.
 

His remarks came in the backdrop of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav complaining that EVMs were malfunctioning across the country during the third phase of polling on April 23.

S Venkatesan, CPM candidate has alleged that a woman had been in the storeroom where the electronic voting machines and poll-related documents had been kept. He further alleged that the documents had been photocopied at a private centre. 

Voting was disrupted in Imphal that faced the second phase of Lok Sabha election on Thursday. A mob stormed into polling station 6/10 Kyamgei Muslim Makha Leikai in Manipur's Imphal East district and destroyed the EVMs. 

YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy met Andhra Pradesh Governor Narasimhan and spoke about the “worsening” law and order situation in the state

As Mandya goes to polls on April 18th, independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh was busy campaigning in the interior and most remote parts of Mysuru, Karnataka. She was teaching the voters the nitty-gritty of the EVMs as it has several contenders bearing her name. MyNation caught up with the lady and had a chat ahead of Lok Sabha election.

Revenue officials rushed to the spot and observed the slips. The officials, who went through the VVPAT machine slips, concluded that they were part of the test-run of EVMs much before the polling day
 

Government of India is gearing up to mark the remembrance of 100 years of the historic Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13th of this month. Andhra Pradesh's TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu met the Election Commission and complained to authorities about the alleged malfunction of EVMs on April 12. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

Stating that certain poll booths couldn’t commence election process at 7 AM due to the non-functioning of EVMs, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu wrote to the chief election commissioner seeking extension of polling time.

Pawan Kalyan, president of the Jana Sena, arrived at Chaitanya School in Gayatri Nagar, Vijayawada to cast his vote. The actor-turned politician spoke to the media briefly where he also defended the party member who is accused of breaking EVMs

Amid the EVM glitches, a Jana Sena candidate reportedly threw a voting machine on the floor as the names of Assembly and Parliament constituencies were not being displayed properly.

Earlier, the Election Commission, in an affidavit, had said that it could delay the announcement of results by at least six days.
 

Five couples entered wedlock on Wednesday and used the occasion to educate guests on the usage of EVMs in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections