New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday sought an inquiry by the Election Commission after a huge political row erupted over a polling team in Assam being found carrying an EVM in the vehicle belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate.
Taking cognizance of the controversy, the poll panel suspended the presiding officer of the polling station, where the electronic voting machine was ballotted, and three other officials earlier in the day.
Violence had broken out in Karimganj district of Assam on Thursday night after a crowd spotted a BJP candidate’s vehicle being used to transport a polled EVM to the strong room, forcing the police to fire in the air to bring the situation under control.
The incident snowballed into a huge controversy on Friday morning with the opposition Congress and AIUDF alleging that the EVM was being “stolen”, prompting the Election Commission to suspended four poll officials and order a repoll at the booth as a video of the fiasco went viral on social media.
