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NCP, CPI (M), only parties to attend hackathon,
satisfied with EVMs, says Election Commission
New Delhi: Political parties
which participated in a hackathon
have “expressed satisfaction”
with the EVM machines, the
Election Commission said on
Saturday.
The Commission conducted
the hackathon to prove its EVMs
are ‘unhackable’.
Chief Election Commissioner
Nasim Zaidi told reporters that
the CPM and the NCP were
satisfied with the EVMs after the
demonstration.
“NCP and CPM had informed
they don’t want to participate in
any challenge but were only
interested to participate in an
academic exercise.
“Now they are satisfied with
the outcome,” Zaidi said at a press
conference.
“CPM team expressed
complete satisfaction and
suggested that commission
should hold such demonstration
and awareness sessions
proactively.
“The NCPteam mentioned that
source of their doubt has been
alleged problems with EVMs
during municipal elections in
Maharashtra,” Zaidi said.
He clarified that the EVMs used
by the Maharashtra Election
Commission for the urban local
body polls do not belong to the
Election Commission.
He said, “NCPteam expressed
willingness to opt out requesting
ECI should evolve system which
clearly distinguishes ECI EVMs
from State EC EVMs.”
The NCP and the CPI(M) were
the only parties which participated
in the event.
Both parties had nominated
three representatives each for the
EVM challenge which was held
in two separate halls
simultaneously.
The Commission used 14
EVMs from Punjab, Uttarakhand
and Uttar Pradesh for the
challenge.
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RSS Muslim wing serves cow milk at Iftar, says
‘unhealthy’ beef endorsed by Muslim scriptures
Bhopal: In a rare case, the
Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM),
the Muslim wing of the RSS
served cow milk at Iftar during
the ongoing Ramzan considering
the health benefits the milk has
over beef.
Rashtriya Manch
(MRM), the Muslim wing
of the RSS served cow
milk at Iftar during the
ongoing Ramzan
considering the health
benefits the milk has
over beef.
Speaking to PTI,
Manch’s co-convenor
SK Muddin said that cow milk has
multiple benefits over beef whose
“unhealthy and harmful” effects
of were endorsed even by Muslim
scriptures.
Muddin, who is the MRM’s
Madhya
Pradesh
and
Chhattisgarh incharge, said they
served cow milk to fasting
Muslims in Betul and Jabalpur
distri