Kapurthala, November 4 :
Additional Deputy Commissioner Shikha Bhagat on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of various political parties and informed them that the First Level Checking (FLC) of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units in the district will commence on November 12. Presiding over the meeting at the District Administrative Complex (DAC), the ADC stated that a total of 1,944 Ballot Units, 1,328 Control Units and 1,224 VVPATs will undergo FLC. The checking will be conducted daily from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM in accordance with the directions of the Election Commission of India. The FLC exercise will be carried out by expert engineers from Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru. The Additional Deputy Commissioner urged political parties to submit the names and photographs of their authorised representatives so that they could participate in the First Level Checking process. She added that nodal officers and assistant nodal officers had also been deployed to ensure proper monitoring and supervision of the entire exercise. On the occasion, Tanvir Singh Randhawa from SAD, Jaswant Singh, Rakesh Kumar from BSP, KL Kashyap from CPI and others were present.
