Even as the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections was underway, a controversy of sorts erupted when 2 balloting units, a control unit and 2 VVPAT machines were found from a hotel in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Monday. District Magistrate Alok Ranjan Ghosh said that the machines recovered from the hotel were reserved machines that were to be used in case any faulty machines needed to be replaced. “Sector officer was given some reserved machines so that it could be replaced with faulty ones. “He shouldn’t have unloaded the machines in the hotel which is against rules. Also read: Review plea by 21 parties to verify more VVPAT votes rejected by SC in 60 secsOn Monday, five seats in Bihar went to vote.

Source: Hindustan Times May 07, 2019 05:37 UTC