K'taka: Ex-Cong MLA to approach HC against EVM

MANGALURU: Former MLA of Mangaluru City South J R Lobo, who was once defeated through his rival BJP candidate Vedavyas Kamath, is all set to means the prime court docket searching for explanation relating to his suspicion over EVM and VVPAT.

The former MLA from Congress can be transferring his petition ahead of the prime court docket within a week. The Petition can be filed thru N Ravindranath Kamath, suggest, prime court docket. Lobo’s major competition is that the Election Commission should go back to poll papers as a substitute of using EVMs.


Addressing journalists, Lobo said the election lead to Dakshina Kannada district was once completely sudden. "I have suspicion over the functioning EVMs. I don’t how efficient EVMs are, but voices are being raised against the use of machines for elections. People demand ballot papers instead of EVMs. I personally have suspicion over the number of votes polled in favour of me. Our party workers at booth levels too have expressed their apprehension over my defeat. Hence, I have decided to seek court’s intervention and I will also plead that the elections be held in ballot papers in future," Lobo said.

Through the petition, he'll seek court docket’s direction to Election Commission for the recounting of votes from all EVMs in addition to the slips collected within the VVPAT boxes.


"I had raised objections on May 15 soon after the results were declared. However, officials have opened one out of 238 VVPAT boxes. They have picked one VVPAT box on a random basis. I will seek the court’s direction to open all the 238 VVPATs and tally the polled votes with that of EVMs," Lobo said.

Lobo, the primary time MLA from Congress had misplaced towards BJP candidate D Vedavyas Kamath for a margin of 16,075 votes. While Kamath bagged 86,545 votes, Lobo may bag 70,470 votes. In Dakshina Kannada, Congress has misplaced in seven out of eight constituencies. In 2013, Congress had received in seven out of eight constituencies. While Congress are alleging manipulation of EVMs and using Hindutva in election as reason why for the shift, BJP leaders characteristic the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visions.


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