CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to strengthen and upgrade the security of buildings with voting machines and counting centres. Leader of opposition in the
Punjab assembly
Harpal Singh Cheema of AAP said the party had suggested
CCTV
cameras at the counting centers and buildings with electronic voting machines (EVMs) and share the link of the live feed with the candidates.
Cheema said the voting process for the assembly elections had been completed peacefully but various AAP candidates had expressed concern over the lack of adequate security arrangements for the voting machines. AAP candidate from
Patiala Ajitpal
Singh Kohli had expressed concern over the lack of proper security of voting machines kept at Mahindra College in Patiala city stating that the building diod not have adequate security personnel and lighting, he added. Apart from this, a large part of the college had been found to be unsafe, due to which the machines in the college could be tampered with, he alleged. Cheema said that it was the responsibility of the candidates including the election officials to maintain the confidence of the people in the democratic system.
Cheema said the AAP demanded from chief electoral officer
S Karuna Raju
to provide three-layer security to the buildings across Punjab where EVMs were kept and the centers where the counting of votes was to be done.
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