EC denies reports about EVMs missing, asks Magazine/Channel to refute their claims
Chandigarh May 10, 2019: The Election Commission has denied the reports about 20 lakh missing of Electronic Voting Machines – EVMs - and asked in a letter addressed to both Frontline and TV9 Bharatvarsh to refute their strong claims.
ECI spokesperson Sheyphali B. Sharan has issued a clarification that both Frontline and TV9 Bharatvarsh had been informed of the details in their “misleading” stories. “Editor Frontline has acknowledged that due rejoinder shall be published. TV9channel has deleted the story from their telecast,” she added.
“It is noticed that this news story has selectively quoted some information obtained by an individual through RTI application from multiple public authorities and a PIL filed in the Bombay High Court,” Sharan said in a letter to Frontline and television channel TV9 Bharatvarsh. “This news story carried only partial and one-sided information, which is inaccurate and based on specious misinterpretation of the facts in the matter, thereby creating unwarranted doubts in the minds of general public.”
“It is hoped that your magazine would observe the highest professional and ethical standards in reporting and would not be a party, even unwittingly, to malicious efforts at spreading misinformation,” Sharan told Frontline.