Opposition parties meet, likely to take up EVM issue
New Delhi, May 21(UNI) Congress and other Opposition parties met here on Tuesday to discuss political strategies on the outcome of the 2019 general elections.
The meeting attended by senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, BSP leader Satish Mishra, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu among others also discussed about the EVMs and VVPAT issues.
The Trinamool Congress, which has been spearheading the campaign against the alleged possibilities of abuse of EVMs, was represented in the meeting by its Rajya Sabha leader Derek O' Brien.
After the meeting, the sources said, the Opposition leaders are likely to meet the Election Commission and apprise them of their grievances and apprehensions on the EVM issue.
The Opposition parties meeting on the issue of EVMs tampering assumes significance as there have been reports from certain places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that the EVMs were being transported without security.
However, the Election Commission has called the reports “baseless” and clarified that all the EVMs and VVPATs which were used in elections were sealed properly in front of parties’ candidates.
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