EC bars opening of ‘polling material rooms’

Close connected the heels of a contention implicit the opening of a ‘polling worldly room’ successful Kozhikode and the effort to unfastened different 1 astatine Nemmara successful Palakkad, the Election Commission of India (EC) connected Tuesday issued a directive to each territory predetermination officers and returning officers successful the State not to unfastened beardown rooms nether immoderate circumstances earlier the time the votes are counted.

The directive was issued by Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala, Rathan U. Kelkar pursuing reports of the opening of a beardown country storing physics voting machines (EVM) successful the Perambra constituency successful Kozhikode connected Monday and reported plans to unfastened different 1 successful the Nemmara constituency successful Palakkad.