Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer R N Gopalan on Monday rubbished allegations of a political party about a truckload of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being covertly moved from Ganjam district to Nuapada ahead of the by-election to the Assembly constituency.

Calling the claims “baseless and impossible,” Gopalan clarified that EVMs were sourced only from designated local warehouses. “Every district has EVM warehouse/s secured by police and CCTV surveillance. EVMs for the bypoll were procured only from those stored in the warehouse in Nuapada. The allegation that the Nuapada Collector brought EVMs from Ganjam is entirely false. We also have the list of all EVMs used even for training and creating awareness among the voters and those are in our custody. Voters should not believe

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