CEO orders probe into complaint on lapses in transport of election material
The Hindu
Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel was said to have ordered an inquiry into charges over the alleged irregularities during the transport of VVPATs (voter verified paper audit trail), control units
Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel was said to have ordered an inquiry into charges over the alleged irregularities during the transport of VVPATs (voter verified paper audit trail), control units and other poll material used in the Huzurabad bye-election to the receiving points after polling yesterday.
He asked the Karimnagar district collector and the returning officer to enquire into the complaints and submit a report after the election process was completed. He gave the instructions during a video-conference he conducted with the election officers to review the arrangements being made for counting of votes cast in the bypoll.
The direction follows a complaint lodged by the BJP that there were irregularities in the movement of the election material and that the TRS leaders indulged in replacement of control units. They demanded that the CEO order an inquiry by the CBI into the alleged lapses.