Silchar (Assam), April 18 -- : As the second phase of polling gets underway to elect members to the 17th Lok Sabha, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) glitches have been reported at a number of polling booths across the country.
Polling was delayed in Assam's Silchar owing to VVPAT malfunctioned at the polling station.
"There was a minor glitch in the machine, which has been fixed. The voters may cast the vote now," Sajad Khan, Sector Officer (SO) deployed at the polling booth, told ANI.
In Uttar Pradesh, EVMs are not functioning at Mathura, leaving voters irked. Reports suggest that some voters have returned without voting.
Faulty EVMs have also caused delays in booth numbers 29 and 134 in ...