India
ECI rejects TMC allegation on abandoned VVPAT slips in Bengal
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) rejected allegations by Trinamool Congress that VVPAT slips were abandoned near a petrol pump in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas. The District Magistrate clarified that the slips shown in the video evidence were from a mandatory mock poll, not the actual polling process.