Mumbai: Apprehending tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs used in the recent Lok Sabha elections in the state, the Maharashtra Congress on Monday asked the Election Commission (EC) to secure all the strongrooms where EVMs were stored. The 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra voted in the first four phases of Lok Sabha elections on April 11, April 18, April 23 and April 29. State Congress President Ashok Chavan said that since there were fears of EVM tinkering through mobile towers or WiFi networks in the vicinity of the strongrooms, each such place should be fitted with jammers. Chavan submitted a memorandum on the issue, demanding jammers in all the strongrooms till the votes were counted on May 23. IANS
Priyanka, Modi Yahoo’s most-searched politicians
New Delhi: In this election season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most-searched politician in India, followed by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, according to the poll search trends on Yahoo India. Congress president Rahul Gandhi comes fourth, as per Yahoo, which released the data on Monday for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, reflecting what the users are looking for on Yahoo India in terms of the elections and the political figures they want to know more about. A Yahoo statement said after Modi, Priyanka Gandhi, Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi are stealing the top most-searched spots, in that order, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu also makes the cut. IANS
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