{"id":125042,"date":"2021-04-02T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T09:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=125042"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:08:30","slug":"assam-evm-row-election-commission-suspends-4-poll-officials-repolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/assam-evm-row-election-commission-suspends-4-poll-officials-repolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam EVM Row: Election Commission suspends 4 poll officials, orders repolling in booth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Election Commission on Friday announced re-election in one polling station of Assam’s Ratabari seat and suspended four poll officials, hours after a video surfaced, alleging that an electronic voting machine (EVM) was being transported in the car of a BJP candidate Krishnendu Paul. Assam went through the second phase of polling on Thursday, recording over 77 per cent of voter turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the preliminary report sent by the District Election Officer said the poll officials were initially unaware that the vehicle in which they were travelling belonged to the BJP MLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident had led to violence in Karimganj district where the seat is located. The car, Mahindra Bolero, belonged to the wife of Krishnendu Paul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The video was tweeted out by senior Assam-based journalist Atanu Bhuyan, who also reported that the situation is tense in Patharkandi because of this incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n