Keep CCTV and videography of Aligarh MP election safe. Keep CCTV, videography of Aligarh MP elections safe: Allahabad High Court gave order on the case of dishonesty in elections, petition of SP candidate Bijendra Singh – Prayagraj (Allahabad) News
Allahabad High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to keep the EVM footage and videography of Aligarh Lok Sabha elections safe. This order was given by Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Vipin Chandra Dixit to Samajwadi Party candidate Chaudhary Bije from Aligarh Lok Sabha seat.
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In the Lok Sabha elections 2024, SP candidate Bijendra Singh has filed a petition alleging that BJP has committed dishonesty in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. He was defeated due to tampering in EVM during counting of votes. A petition was filed against this in the High Court.
Argued through video conferencing with advocates Mahmood Pracha and Umar Jamin that EVMs have been tampered. It was said that there is no certified guarantee that the current set of EVMs cannot be hacked, tampered with and fake votes cast.
After hearing the parties, the court ordered the Election Commission to preserve election related documents including videography/CCTV footage, Form 17-C and other documents. Also, the court has asked the Election Commission to file a counter affidavit within four weeks. The next hearing will be on January 27, 2025.
Many serious allegations, court took cognizance
SP candidate Bijendra Singh has made many allegations. He has demanded voting through wallet paper instead of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and re-counting. BJP’s Satish Kumar Gautam secured 5,01,834 votes and won by 15,647 votes, he said. Alleged that the District Election Officer did not count the votes of 11 EVM machines. Defeated by rigging in the 23rd to 28th phase of vote counting. A written complaint was made to the District Election Officer.
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