Sibal issues checklist for safety of EVMs

New Delhi, May 26 Former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday issued a checklist for the Lok Sabha elections, candidates as well as counting agents, to verify whether the EVMs have been tampered with or not....

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:47 PM May 27, 2024 IST

New Delhi, May 26

Former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday issued a checklist for the Lok Sabha elections, candidates as well as counting agents, to verify whether the EVMs have been tampered with or not.

Sibal told mediapersons that he wanted to make people as well as political parties aware about what should be done when EVMs would be opened for counting. Showing a chart, he explained that the CU (control unit) number, BU (ballot unit) number and VVPAT ID (three main components of an EVM) were mentioned in that. However the column mentioning the vote counting date of June 4 and the time when the EVMs would be opened was important. If there was any difference, it would mean that the machine had been opened prior to counting, he said.

Tags :

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles