Despite the Election Commission of India issuing several clarifications and several individuals offering their reassurances about the integrity of EVMs, the 'Compulsive Contrarians' are carrying on with their motivated agenda.
Following the rejection of the claims by ECI and the clarification over the issue, Frontline magazine had accepted that their report is false and a rejoinder will be published. TV9 Bharatvarsh had removed the report from their website and YouTube channel.
The spokesperson of the ECI has clarified that the allegations of EVM tampering arising from political parties are baseless and all protocols are being duly followed in storage and security of the EVMs.
Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the review petition filed by 21 opposition parties combined for the review of its decision in case of 50% verification of voting by VVPAT
According to the story, in a mock poll ahead of the actual elections in Goa, the BJP had received 17 votes through the EVM machine instead of its allotted 9.