AAP’s Medha Patkar has alleged in a note on Facebook that an address tag of a control unit at a polling station was found on the road. The tag was found on the road at Shivajinagar and according to Patkar, this is indicates that the EVM could have been tampered with. The serial number on the two address tags of a control unit is a must-needed information for vote-counting to continue. The address tag was of polling station Number 29 of the Mankhurd assembly segment from Mumbai’s North-East Parliamentary seat. Patkar is contesting for AAP from Mumbai’s North-East. [caption id=“attachment_1526449” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Medha Patkar is seen in this file photo. AFP[/caption] In the same note, Patkar has said that she has also filed a complaint about possible EVM tampering with the Returning Officer. She tweeted about the same incident which was re-tweeted by AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. Patkar wrote on her Facebook page_, “I wish to bring a shocking incident to your notice. An address tag used on the Control Unit used at Polling Station No.29 at Shivajinagar / Mankhurd assembly segment of the Mumbai North East Parliamentary constituency was found on the road at Shivajinagar today. This address tag is an important identifier of the machine used on the day of polling and the tag being found on the road indicates that the machine could have been tampered with before being transported to the place of storage after the elections. We have already filed a complaint with the Returning Officer and urged him not to start counting in this booth till thorough investigation is done in this matter."_ You can view her full note
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