Senior Congress leader and MLA H.K. Patil on Sunday called on Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri and submitted documents related to 19 lakh “missing” electronic voting machines (EVMs) from the custody of the Election Commission of India during 2016-18 and demanded an inquiry by an independent judicial commission into the episode.
Addressing a press conference later, Mr. Patil said the Speaker should urge the Centre and President Ram Nath Kovind to initiate a free and fair probe into missing EVMs under the chairmanship of a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Patil said he had submitted 2,750 pages of documents on missing EVMs to the Speaker.
In a letter to Mr. Kageri, Mr. Patil demanded summoning of ECI officials to the Legislative Assembly to clarify on the allegations against the ECI, State Election Commission and public sector undertakings.
