Pune: The Nationalist Congress Occasion-SP on Monday alleged wrongdoing soon after CCTV cameras received turned off for 45 minutes at a godown where the EVMs from the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency ended up stored in Maharashtra’s Pune district.
The election authorities, nonetheless, clarified that a cable of the cameras had to be taken off for a limited interval during some electrical function on the premises in the morning.
The CCTVs were being turned off between 10.30 am and 11.15 am at the Food Corporation of India’s godown, in which the EVMs from the constituency are stored, claimed Laxmikant Khabiya, the election agent of Baramati applicant Supriya Sule. “Election officers told us that the CCTVs will functionality round the clock. Our party reps are deployed to hold a enjoy. On Monday, we been given an notify that the CCTVs ended up turned off for almost 45 minutes. We tried using to increase the concern with the police. The administration has arrive up with a clarification, but we will post an software to the returning officer of Baramati,” Khabiya explained.
In the meantime, Baramati returning officer Kavita Dwivedi claimed the party’s declare was investigated, and it was discovered that an electrician at the godown had removed a cable, which triggered the exhibit device to be shut down.