EVMs replaced in Bijnor after discrepancies noticed during mock polling

Bijnor: At least, 10 electronic voting machines (EVMs) were replaced when discrepancies were detected during their mock trial here before the beginning of the polling.

Rakesh Kumar, Sector Magistrate Bijnor, said: "There were reports that some EVMs were displaying 'lotus' symbol after pressing the button against 'elephant' symbol at some polling booths."

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"The elections are being held peacefully here. There were some issues during mock polling. So we changed the entire set of EVMs," Kumar said. 

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In Bijnor, there is a three-cornered fight among Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ) candidate Malook Nagar, Congress' Nasimuddin Siddiqui and BJP's sitting MP Kunwar Bharatendra Singh.

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The voting for the first phase of general elections is underway for eight out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. (ANI)

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