Singhvi said the present increase of random verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per Assembly segment amounted to a meagre two per cent and petitioners are seeking that it be raised to 25 per cent at least. Telegraph file pictureThe Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by 21 Opposition leaders seeking a review of its April 8 order directing the Election Commission to increase random verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per Assembly segment. The plea was filed by Opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. "It will be for the satisfaction of confidence building measures," Singhvi told the bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. Singhvi said the present increase of random verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per Assembly segment amounted to a meagre two per cent and petitioners are seeking that it be raised to 25 per cent at least.

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2019 06:11 UTC