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The Supreme Court has reserved its order on Thursday (April 6th) on the petition which sought the restoration of allegations of conspiracy against senior BJP leaders including LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in connection with the demolition of Babri Masjid.

The apex court will also decide whether the hearing against VVIP accused can be transferred from a court of Rae Bareli to Lucknow or not.

There are two types of cases related to the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. The first is connected to the unknown carsevacon in which the hearing is going on in a Lucknow court while the other types of cases are related to VVIP in a court in Rae Bareli.

The bench of Justice P.C. Ghosh and Justice RF Nariman also indicated that they can order hearings from the transfer of Rai Bareli to a court in Lucknow to joint hearings of both the cases.

The bench said that since 25 years have passed, in the interest of justice, he will consider giving orders for hearing in a timely manner so that it is an attempt to complete it within two years.

BJP leader LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, including a dozen leaders including Vinay Katiyar and former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh, were removed from the Rae Bareli court by the charges of conspiracy in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

In 2010 Allahabad High Court also accepted the decision of the lower court. After that the CBI had appealed against the order of the court.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged widespread tampering of electronic voting machines and claimed voter-verified paper audit trail machines from Uttar Pradesh were being brought to conduct the Rajouri Garden bypoll in New Delhi.

The Election Commission, however, termed the allegations baseless.

Kejriwal demanded that the municipal election in Delhi should be postponed so that it can be held using ballot papers.

On the EC asking the Aam Aadmi Party to introspect on the reasons behind its performance in Punjab, Kejriwal’s caustic response was that he was considering including the EC in his party’s decision-making body, the Political Affairs Committee.

The State Election Commission has already declared that the municipal polls will be held on April 23.

He has also written to the EC claiming that our experts will prove that the voting machines can be tampered with. ''I challenge the ECI to give us 72 hours to prove it,'' Kejriwal said.

The AAP chief said in light of reports that even VVPAT machines were not reliable, ballot papers were the 'only safe option', which, he said, has been adopted by many western countries.

''The microchips inside the EVMs can be fiddled with. Sophisticated software is being used to do that. But not all machines are tampered, the critical ones are,'' Kejriwal claimed without elaborating further.

He also questioned the EC for using EVMs used in Uttar Pradesh’s Govind Nagar for conducting bypolls in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind.

At Bhind, VVPAT-enabled EVMs were found printing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poll symbol irrespective of the button pressed during a mock trial, which the opposition parties had latched on to.

Rubbishing his allegations, the EC said the EVMs are kept in a strong room after results are announced till the 45-day period of filing of election petition by any of the candidates is over.

However, in case of VVPAT machines, the printed paper slips have to be retrieved at the time of counting and sealed in a paper envelope and only these sealed paper slips have to be kept inside the strong room along with the EVMs.

The voters see VVPAT slip for seven seconds, which would be an acknowledgement receipt for the party they voted for in the election.

VVPAT is a machine which dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box but the voter cannot take it home.

'The VVPAT machines are not required by the law to be retained in strong room for the purpose of election petition and are available for use in any other election,' the EC said in a statement.

The Commission, without naming Kejriwal, described him as leader of a political party who had made 'certain baseless observations and allegations' in a press conference.

'Aspersions have also been cast on the Election Commission of India that EVMs from Uttar Pradesh were moved to Bhind, Madhya Pradesh. The Commission would like to point out that these allegations are completely baseless and made without verifying the facts. No EVMs have been moved from Uttar Pradesh for the purpose of bypolls in Madhya Pradesh.

‘Required number of VVPAT machines was moved from different states for use in bypolls as per the existing policy of the ECI. This is because 53,500 VVPAT machines available with the commission were deployed during the recently concluded polls in five states,' it said.

The poll watchdog said that in any election a certain percentage of EVMs and VVPAT machines are kept in reserve so that the machines deployed on the poll day can be replaced, if required.

'The EVMs and VVPATs kept in reserve also go through the stringent protocol of 'first level checking', randomisation and loading of symbols in the presence of representatives of candidates/political parties. Hence, the VVPATs that were sent to Bhind had the previous symbols loaded from Uttar Pradesh.

'This is a standard protocol and there was nothing amiss in this. According to standard protocol, the old symbols are erased only during first level checking before the next poll. However, it was not done when the demonstration was made on March 31 at Bhind. As per the Commission’s instructions, any training or demonstration is commenced only after completing the first level checking which was missed out at Bhind for which Commission has replaced the District Election Officer,' it said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while interacting with the media during a public dialogue program on Monday said that prohibition of alcohol should be imposed in the entire country.

Nitish Kumar said that in the true sense, if the Central Government is a true commitment to Champaran Satyagraha and the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, then he should impose prohibition in the whole country.

He said that I had also appealed for the prohibition of liquor from former Uttar Pradesh's CM Akhilesh Yadav and CM of Chhattisgarh. Now appeals to the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh to alcoholism.

CM Nitish blamed the question of illegal slaughterhouses saying that this is not an issue. The real issue is missing from the media center nowadays. There was no debate on the issue of employment, education, agriculture and self-employment in the media and there were no questions.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that Bihar has a law since 1955 and it is fully implemented. None of the illegal slaughter houses in Bihar can run.

Nitish reminded the BJP victory in Uttar Pradesh and promises made during the elections, saying that has come to power by asking for forgiveness of the debt of the farmers, why do not they complete it?

Nitish Kumar said that today the non issue is being made the main issue in the media. No issue is made on alcoholism and social issues. These issues are being raised nowadays so that people forget the basic issues. The issue of slaughterhouses is also something similar. This issue is a matter of removing attention from the problems.

Nitish also discussed on the notes ban and said that he had supported it, but no one could say that how much black money came? Apart from this, he had demanded to seize the benami property, but the center has made silence on it and till the process of seizing an anonymous property does not start, the campaign against black money will be incomplete.

When asked about the results of Uttar Pradesh, Nitish said that if there was a Maha Gathabandhan (great coalition) there would have been some other result.

On the election results, Nitish said, it is clear that the vote percentage of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress is ten percent more than the BJP and its allies. Where there is opposition unity, there are better results. If a party emerges as an alternative, then it gets success. If there was a massive opposition unity, the results would be different.

Nitish said that anti-BJP parties should now raise issues of public interest and national interest. Set up your agenda, will be great success in the country like the Maha Gathabandhan (great coalition) has succeeded in Bihar. There is talk of the Left parties.

The Kerala BJP leader has given a big statement about eating beef. However, after the matter was caught, he also gave cleanliness.

The leader who gave the statement is N. Shri Prakash, who is also a candidate by the party in Lok Sabha by-election. Mr. Prakash said on Sunday that the state unit of the party is not against eating beef here because there is no ban on this.

He said that while living in law, he will arrange clean slaughterhouses. People will also provide adequate beef.

BJP state secretary general M.T. Ramesh said that as long as beef is allowed in Kerala, the people of the state of BJP are not against eating beef. This problem occurs when the restriction happens. There is no restriction on this at present, so nothing is against the law. Ramesh said, there are restrictions on the killing of cow in different parts of the country.

Malappuram Lok Sabha by-election candidate N. Shri Prakash told the media that there is nothing wrong in choosing a food of his choice and therefore, he will ensure the establishment of a legitimate abattoir in his area when elected in the Lok Sabha elections.

Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Yadav's son and Minister of Bihar, Tej Pratap Yadav took the Rath Yatra of the Secular Volunteer Association (DSS) from the Kargil Chowk to the Miller School Ground till in Patna today (April 2). Tej Pratap was riding himself on the chariot. On this occasion, DSS workers were riding on a large number of other vehicles and bikes behind the chariot.

Tej Pratap, after reaching Miller School, said that DSS is a secular union. In this, people of all faiths are connecting with the resolve of establishing peace throughout the world.

He said that his organization will work to answer the RSS's religious fanaticism.

Tajratap said that today RSS is promoting religious fanaticism. they are distributing the country and the society, but we will not let his dreams come true.

He said that DSS would fight with RSS. On this occasion, Tej Pratap roused the former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and said that if he joins our organization ie DSS, he will come to know the truth.

Sushil Kumar Modi advised Tej Pratap to first take the training of RSS.

As a public protector of DSS, Tej Pratap said that the branches of this organization will soon be opened in entire Bihar and other parts of the country.

Tej Pratap also said that he considers Sushil Kumar Modi as a uncle and respected him in the same way, but he keeps on making rumors against our families inadvertently.

Tej Pratap questioned whether RSS taught him the same? Taj Pratap also said that DSS will answer the RSS fairly.

He said that this is just a trailer, the whole picture is yet to be seen.

Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav has constituted a secular volunteer organization i.e. DSS to fight the RSS and Yogi Adityanath's Hindu Youth Vahini.

He said that in DSS Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, people of all faiths will be involved.

Tej Pratap said, "DSS will disperse the RSS on the issue of reservations. Reservation is our birthright. We will not let the RSS run the arbitrariness. "

Explain that the RSS has been demanding a review of the reservation system for a long time. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had said before the Bihar elections that the reservation system should be reviewed, in which opposition leaders had called a tirade against the RSS and the BJP. During a program Manmohan Vaidya of RSS had also said that the reservation was abolished.

On Sunday, after the realization of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's former CM Akhilesh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav also opened a front against him on Sunday.

Shivpal Yadav said that Netaji was very insulted. He was fired from the party six months ago. After the election, there was a meeting of the Legislative Assembly, he was not even invited in that.

Indicating the formation of a new party, Shivpal Yadav said that whatever happens now, will be in the direction of Netaji. The big decision will be taken soon.

After the defeat of the Samajwadi Party in the Vidhan Sabha elections, the power struggle in the party is becoming increasingly fast. Former Cabinet Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, who came to inaugurate the school in the town of Kahal on Sunday, without mentioning the name of Akhilesh, said that people who got all things without hard work, they do not think right on time.

Former minister Shivpal Yadav, who was marginalized in the Samajwadi Party long before the election, said that I had a department related to farmers. There was also a department that was important. I was stripped of all the departments six months ago. Even the party tried to remove Kahal MLA Sobarn Singh. But now it is very humiliated. In the coming time, every class has to fight. The decision will be taken quickly with the consent of all.

Shivpal said that he did not want to come to politics. His job was started in the Land Development Bank, but Netaji's busyness became high, so Netaji resigned from his job to get him into politics. Staying behind Netaji, he worked hard in the party. Shivpal asked people to tell me my mistake in this whole case. I also talked to those people who removed me, but they did not even answer the removal.

Shivpal said that after five years in power, the people cutting the cream earned money in the name of Netaji and when Netaji's time came, these people left him.

Shivpal also disclosed the insult in the elections and said that he has gone 10 to 15 times in every district of the entire state. Nevertheless, he was not made a star campaigner in the elections. Such people were made star campaigners who never went to the village. Now the time has come to take the opinion of the people and take a big decision to meet Gandhi and Lohia ideology people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated India's longest road tunnel to the nation on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the midst of tight security. He inaugurated the longest Chenani-Nashri tunnel by pressing the bottom of the remote. J & K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was also present with him. After the inauguration, PM Modi also reviewed the tunnel.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Udhampur Air Station from his special aircraft at around 2:30 pm from Allahabad. They were brought from the Air Force's Mi-17 helicopter to Chenani.

With the opening of this tunnel, the distance between Jammu and Srinagar will be reduced by 30 kilometers. In the days of rain and snowfall, people will get rid of the problem of the highway shutdown.

A multi-level security arrangement has been made for the Prime Minister's visit between the alerts on the border and major establishments in Jammu and Kashmir are being closely monitored.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh said that this tunnel will save fuel of about 99 crores per year. According to him, this is likely to save fuel of around 27 lakh rupees per day.

This tunnel will reduce travel time between Jammu and Srinagar between the two capitals of Jammu and Srinagar, for two hours. Now the distance between Chenani and Nashri will decrease from 41 kilometers to 10.9 kilometers.

The Union Minister said that this tunnel will change very much.

The Election Commission is ready to buy such modern electronic voting machines which will stop working if they try to tamper with them. This step is being taken at a time when many political parties have been accused of molestation of EVMs in the recent assembly elections.

A Self Diagnostic System is installed to certify the precision of machines in the M-3 type EVM.

These machines will come with a mutual authentication system. Only a right EVM can communicate with other EVMs in the area. It should be manufactured by the PSU ECIL of nuclear power or the PSU BEL of defense sector. EVMs created by any other company will not be able to communicate with other machines. In this way the wrong machine will be in the bag.

The Ministry of Law, in response to the information provided by the Election Commission on behalf of the Parliament, said that the purchase of new machines will cost about Rs. 1940 crores (in addition to freight and tax). These machines can come in 2018, i.e. one year before the next Lok Sabha election.

The Election Commission has decided to replace 9,30,430 EVMs purchased before 2006, as the 15 years of old machines have been completed.

The Delhi Chief Minister and the National Convenor of Aam Aadmi Party have targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission in the matter of tampering EVMs.

He said, "The Chief Election Officer of Madhya Pradesh called the journalists to show an EVM demo but there was a disturbance in the EVM machine. The BJP's mark was a lotus in the EVM machine on the number one, when the button was pressed Then the slip got out of the flower of the lotus. On the number four was the Congress button, it was pressed, even then the slip of the lotus flower came out. There was an elephant's mark on the number two, even if it was pressed, then even the lotus The flower chit came out, whatever button was being pressed, only the lotus flower slip was coming out. "

Targeting the BJP, Kejriwal said, "The question is arising now whether the elections in the country are being fair. People are putting votes or putting machines. This is not a lone event, before elections were held in Assam, even then a machine was coming out there, so all the votes were going to the BJP. A similar machine appeared in Delhi Cantt during the election. If these machines had worsened, why would not the Congress or the Samajwadi Party vote for it? Why does the BJP vote for all the bad machines? This means machines are not getting worse, but they are being tampered with. I am a technical person and I am an engineer from IIT. I think a little too much technology If the BJP slips out of the machine, it means that the machine software has been changed. We are saying that those who are machines are being tampered with at large level. "

Along with this, Kejriwal said, "Election Commission says that EVM can not be tampered with, its chip can not be read, and nothing can be written on it. This is absolutely wrong. Machine software has been changed. It has been highlighted that any button press vote will be gone to the BJP. Election Commission says that our machines can not be tampered with.''

Besides, Kejriwal said, ''I say that it is possible that machines can be tampered with. There is a big question mark on democracy. It is happening in the last few days that anyone votes, vote for anyone, the vote is going to the BJP. BJP will win and their government will be formed. Flame of lotus will start with mud of EVM machine. Ballet paper is applicable again. Earlier incidents should be investigated. If there is such a problem in a machine, the EC turns the machine, does not check whether it has been tampered with or not. When the investigation is not there, then how will it look? ''

Congress reached to the Central Election Commission accusing of disturbing electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh. He demanded a ballot papers.

Pressing any button during the EVM's mock drill for the bye-election of Attar assembly constituency of Bhind district has led to the issue of BJP voting. The area will be voting on April 9.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reached the Election Commission on the complaint of EVM. After meeting the Election Commission officials, he said that the machines are messy and they have been tampered with. The Election Commission on the EVM is misquoting. Machine software has been changed.

Kejriwal said that the ballot paper will be voted again in the country.

At the same time a delegation of the party led by senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh met the Election Commission. After the meeting, Digvijay said that there has been a demand from the Election Commission to investigate the entire matter and vote for ballot papers.

He said, "I did not trust EVM from the beginning. When elections are from ballot all over the world, why should we have to object? "

Earlier, Congress's Madhya Pradesh unit president Arun Yadav wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi complaining to the whole episode. He said that for conducting free and fair elections, voting should be done through ballot papers. They have demanded the investigation of the entire case from the high level or central investigation bureau.

The Election Commission has asked for detailed information on the reports coming in the media from the district election officials in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, which is being said that only during the course of an exercise program, the VVPAT was only leaving the slabs with BJP marks. In Bhind, the next week by election will be held and it was being done for practice.

A spokesman of the Election commission said, "We have asked for detailed report from the District Election Officers and by the evening we will give some answers in this regard.

The Voter Verified Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) is a machine that gives the slip which shows that the voter has voted for which party. The voter can see this slip for only seven seconds, after which it falls into a box and the voter can not take it with him. According to the media report, whatever pressed any button during the exercise all the slips were showing that the vote went to the BJP.

The report also claimed that in the video, Madhya Pradesh's Chief Election Officer, Salina Singh, had told journalists to not give this news to the newspapers, they were seen saying that they would be detained in the police station. On the other hand, Congress has become active on the news of the alleged disturbance in the EVM machine. A delegation of Congress met the EC on this matter.

Tell you that the Supreme Court has issued notice to the Election Commission on the credibility of the voting machines in elections a week earlier. CJI's Court issued this notice on the PIL filed by lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma. Sharma questioned the huge win in the elections held in five states and said that the voting machines have been tampered with. Similar allegations have been made by BSP chief Mayawati.

BSP has been defeat in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. However, the Election Commission strongly condemned Mayawati's allegations. The commission has said that so far no one has proved that voting machines can be tampered with. While many times people were given this opportunity.

Sharma, who has filed a public interest petition in the Supreme Court, has demanded that the Tamper Test of Voting Machines be done by foreign experts. Significantly, the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab has also accused the machines of tampering.