EC dismisses RJD leader's charge of EVMs having 25,000 'pre-loaded votes

The Election Commission on Tuesday dismissed senior RJD leader Jagdanand Singh' allegation that each EVM used in the Bihar polls had 25,000 votes even before polling, saying it is “technically impossible” and “procedurally false”.

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The allegation levelled by Jagdanand Singh that every EVM contained “25,000 pre-loaded votes” is technically impossible, procedurally false, and contradicted by statutory records signed by RJD's own election and polling agents, the EC said in a statement.

The RJD, which won only 25 out of the 143 seats it contested in the assembly polls, on Monday claimed that this mandate did not reflect people's desire and the party may move court as there were "irregularities in the EVMS' \"Each EVM had 25,000 votes even before the polling began... and we still managed to win 25 seats," Singh said after a meeting of the party leaders at the official residence of Tejashwi Yadav.