Krishnagiri (TN), Aug 3: Bangalore based public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will certify all the 800 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to be used for the August 18 assembly bypolls from Bargur constituency in the district. Following allegations by opposition AIADMK and PMK that DMK had indulged in malpractices in the EVMs culminating in its 
victory in the Lok Sabha polls from Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission purchased new machines to be used for the five assembly by-polls and it would be used only after the issuance of fitness certificate by the BEL engineers, an official press release said here today. The BEL engineers have started checking the working of the EVMs in the presence of Krishnagiri District Collector V K Shanmugam and Returning Officer cum District Revenue Officer A Shanmugasundaram yesterday, the release said. Each machine would be allotted with a code number that would be registered in computer for verification. The machines would be dispatched randomly to poling stations only a day before the polling in the presence of election observer and candidates.
victory in the Lok Sabha polls from Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission purchased new machines to be used for the five assembly by-polls and it would be used only after the issuance of fitness certificate by the BEL engineers, an official press release said here today. The BEL engineers have started checking the working of the EVMs in the presence of Krishnagiri District Collector V K Shanmugam and Returning Officer cum District Revenue Officer A Shanmugasundaram yesterday, the release said. Each machine would be allotted with a code number that would be registered in computer for verification. The machines would be dispatched randomly to poling stations only a day before the polling in the presence of election observer and candidates.For further details visit as : http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=e8527625-c254-4afa-aeba-9274da92b5df&CATEGORYNAME=CHN
