EVM 機能不全 haunts Maharashtra 選挙区／有権者

By Ganesh N

Published: 22:12 BST, 8 April 2014 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 9 April 2014

Anomalies were first noticed in the EVMs to be used for 投票s in the Bhandara-Gondiya 選挙区／有権者

The 選挙 当局 in the Bhandara-Gondiya 選挙区／有権者 in Maharashtra have got a strenuous 職業 - 立証 of around 4,000 Electronic 投票（する）ing Machines (EVM) to be used for 投票s on April 10.

The mammoth 演習 is 存在 undertaken after some anomalies were noticed in EVMs during a 決まりきった仕事 査察 carried out in the presence of the 候補者s' 投票ing スパイ／執行官s.

On April 6, four days 事前の to the 選挙s, the 投票ing スパイ／執行官s noticed faults in some 投票（する）ing machines which didn't 機能（する）／行事 when the buttons were 圧力（をかける）d.

They also noticed that the pink light against the 指名する of NCP 候補者 Praful Patel glowed when the third button on the machine, corresponding to the BSP 候補者, was 圧力（をかける）d.

This means the 投票（する） would be cast in favour of Patel, though it was ーするつもりであるd for the BSP 候補者.

As per the order on the EVM, Patel's 指名する and NCP's symbol are given against the second button on the machine.

によれば Bhojraj Kapgate - the 選挙 スパイ／執行官 of BJP 候補者 Nana Patole - who （機の）カム across the anomaly during the 立証 演習, has said this 過程 せねばならない have taken on April 2.

However, the date was 延期するd to April 6 without 知らせるing the 候補者.

"We （機の）カム to know about the 繰り延べるd date of EVM 立証 on our own. When we 直面するd 公式の／役人s, they replied that they sent a letter to our 候補者's 住居.

"All these sounded very fishy and that is why we checked the EVMs with extra 警告を与える," said Kapgate.

によれば a 声明 by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), when the first of the faults in the EVMs was （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd, the 地区 collector and other 地区 officers tried to 立ち往生させる the scrutiny and even 脅すd 刑罰の 活動／戦闘 against the volunteers who 需要・要求するd more (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する and transparent 演習.

によれば Patole, who contested as an 独立した・無所属 in the 2009 総選挙s, 申し立てられた／疑わしい that 確かな booths 記録，記録的な／記録するd 100 per cent 投票ing, which could happen only if there was some fault in the machines.

"As of now, the 過程 of 立証 is still under 進歩. We may know the quantum of faults by Wednesday noon," said Madhavi Khode, returning officer, Bhandara-Gondiya.