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Chandigarh: As the voting is underway for the assembly elections in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday raised concern over ‘EVM malfunction’ in a few booths and sought immediate action from the Election Commission.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha has alleged that EVMs are not working in the following areas: Booth No 19, Khadoor Sahib AC Booth No 86, Tarn Taran AC Booth No 5, Khem Karan AC.
He further claimed that the workers of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) tried to capture a booth in the Guru Har Sahai assembly constituency.
“Reports coming in from Guru Har Sahai AC, Booth No. 23. Capturing attempted by SAD workers. They entered booth & are asking polling officers to let their NRI family members to vote (through someone on their behalf) else they won’t allow anyone to vote (sic),” Chadha tweeted.
The polling is being held in a single phase in Punjab to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly.
A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest. There are 2,14,99,804 voters, including 1,02,00,996 women.
Punjab is witnessing a multi-cornered contest among the Congress, AAP, SAD-BSP, BJP-PLC-SAD (Sanyukt), and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political front of various farmer bodies.
Meanwhile, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi launched a scathing attack on the AAP saying that the people of the state will not accept terrorism. CM Channi is contesting from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur constituencies.