EVM/VVPAT commissioning for Tezpur election district begins for ensuing polls on April 11

A Correspondent

Tezpur: The commissioning process of EVMs and VVPAT machines for the ensuing parliamentary polls on April 11 began on Wednesday at the Darrang College premises amidst tight security and in the presence of representatives of various political parties and agents of contesting candidates.

A team of around 180 officials, led by Additional Deputy Commissioner Naranarayan Nath, has been engaged for the commissioning process which is being done constituency-wise, in the presence of all five constituency magistrates and engineers from ECI. With the aim to conduct a free and fair poll process, the EVMs and VVPATs were brought out of the strong rooms after the first and second level of randomization was conducted recently and thorough checking was done by linking all the separate units. After this they will again be stored under tight security. The entire process is expected to take a couple of days.

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