"To maintain faith of the people in the EVM/VVPAT system, we have decided to count all the VVPAT vote slips and match them with the (corresponding) EVM control unit vote data at one polling station in each constituency," said chief election commissioner A K Joti. Responding to videos on social media alleging widespread EVM tampering in the UP civic elections in favour of BJP, he said, "Local government elections are conducted by the concerned state election commissions only. They used M1 type EVMs while we use M2 and advanced version EVMs. "Political parties demanded the removal of the clause penalising a voter if his/her complaint regarding wrong recording of vote in VVPAT turns out to be incorrect. The commission will decide this later," Joti said, "One political party also demanded the installation of jammers outside booths and not allowing mobile phones.

Source: Times of India December 03, 2017 22:30 UTC