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With the INDIA bloc casting doubts on "the integrity of EVM functioning" and seeking 100% count of VVPAT slips through a full-fledged resolution, the issue is back as a key political agenda ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, just like in 2019...
Nearly 23 political parties from the opposition bloc had moved the Supreme Court amid the 2019 Lok Sabha election cycle seeking physical count of up to 50% VVPATs per constituency..
Factor this: The 2019 SC order mandated physical counting of VVPAT slips of five EVMs in each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency which meant 20,687 polling stations in 2019 Lok Sabha polls and amounted to nearly 2% verification...
The Congress had gone to the Supreme Court with leaders Kamal Nath and Sachin Pilot demanding VVPAT slip verification in at least 10% randomly selected polling stations in each Assembly constituency..
It said ballot slips of 38,156 randomly selected VVPAT have been tallied with the electric counts of their Counting Units (CUs) till date and "not a single case of transfer of vote meant for candidate 'A' to candidate 'B' has been detected"..
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