Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2024: EVM stops working at Nashik district polling booth, voters wait with inked fingers

Nashik: As soon as polling started in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday morning, an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) stopped working at one of the booths, forcing some voters to wait briefly with indelible ink on their fingers, sources said.

According to the sources, the incident took place at polling centre No. 164 set up at New English School in the Nandgaon assembly constituency of the north Maharashtra district.

As soon as voting started at 7 am, an EVM at the centre stopped working. As the machine could not, indelible ink was applied to fingers of many voters and they had to wait outside the booth in a queue for their turn to exercise their franchise, they said.

However, election authorities clarified the delay did not continue for long and the issue was resolved soon.

"The EVM in question did not stop working for a long time. There was some issue with its wire connection. A technician came and sorted out the issue.It did not last long. Voting resumed at the booth after the issue was resolved," district collector and returning officer Jalaj Sharma informed.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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