Assam Evm Row

A magisterial probe has been ordered to determine why a polling team in Assam carried an EVM in a vehicle owned by the wife of a BJP candidate, officials said on Saturday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Election Commission on Saturday with a two-word takedown of the poll body on Twitter amid a huge controversy over officials transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car in Assam

The Congress on Friday questioned the Election Commission after a BJP candidate's vehicle was found transporting a polled EVM in Assam and said if the poll body does not wake up now and remains "complicit", it will be fatal for democracy.

A magisterial probe has been ordered to determine why a polling team in Assam carried an EVM in a vehicle owned by the wife of a BJP candidate, officials said on Saturday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Election Commission on Saturday with a two-word takedown of the poll body on Twitter amid a huge controversy over officials transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car in Assam

The Congress on Friday questioned the Election Commission after a BJP candidate's vehicle was found transporting a polled EVM in Assam and said if the poll body does not wake up now and remains "complicit", it will be fatal for democracy.