Hyderabad, Nov. 28 -- Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudharshan Reddy on Friday, November 28, said that no candidate sought checking and verification of the burnt memory or microcontroller of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bye-election that was held earlier this month.

"Under the Election Commission of India's directives, candidates placed second or third behind the highest-polling candidate may request verification of 5% of EVMs, including the Ballot Unit, Control Unit and VVPAT, within seven days of the declaration of results. The process, if invoked, is carried out by a team of engineers from the EVM manufacturers to check for any possible tampering," the Telangana CEO said in a press r...