NEW DELHI – As India gears up to announce the results for generalelections, allegations of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being tamperedwith or being transported in private cars have surfaced with video clipssubstantiating the unusual relocation.

The voting machines were shifted in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjaband Haryana ahead of the final count, prompting concerns among theopposition parties.

A mobile phone clip that emerged Monday from the Chandauli parliamentaryseat shows EVMs being off-loaded and put in a room inside what appears tobe a counting centre.

Supporters of the Samajwadi Party candidate in Chandauli, who filmed thevideo, questioned the delay about the relocation of machines.

On the other hand, the administration says the machines filmed in the videoare about 35 reserve EVM units from an assembly segment in Chandauli. Theofficials admitted that these voting machines reached the storage room andthe counting centre later but said the delay was due to “logistical issues”.

According to the rules, reserve EVMs should be deposited at the same timeas the machines used in voting.

Following the emergence of videos, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidateheld a sit-in outside the storage room for electronic voting machines(EVMs) In eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur.

Afzal Ansari and his supporters allege that there was an attempt to takeout a vehicle full of voting machines while the police and the districthave denied the allegations.