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A delegation of the Congress party on Wednesday met the Election Commission and submitted a number of complaints about the functioning of the Electoral Voting Machines during the counting process.

- Garav Vivek

The party claimed it has received complaints from 20 constituencies where EVMS showed abnormally high charge of over 90 per cent after the day's counting; it has further claimed that in most such cases the BJP candidates were the beneficiaries; as against this, in those EVMS which showed normal 60% to 70% charge, the Congress candidates were found ahead.

Following the meeting, Congress's media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said a delegation comprising party general secretaries K.C. Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and former CM Deepinder Singh Hooda apprised the Election Commission on the complaints from 20 Assembly segments, including written complaints with document from seven constituencies.