India, July 23 -- The Pune District Election Office has clarified that no recount of VVPAT (voter verified paper audit trail) slips will be conducted during the upcoming inspection of EVMs (electronic voting machine) from the Hadapsar assembly constituency, contradicting a video posted online by Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Prashant Jagtap.

As per the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines, candidates are allowed to apply for inspection and verification of EVMs, burnt memory, and control units within seven days of election results being declared. In Pune, candidates from 11 of the 21 assembly constituencies had submitted applications for such verification following the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls....