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LS election live updates: EC must ensure security of EVMs, says former President Pranab Mukherjee

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NEW DELHI: After a majority of exit polls showed that NDA would return to power for the second time, the opposition parties have lined-up meetings to strategise their plans to discuss the post-poll scenario. On Tuesday, a delegation of 21 opposition parties assembled at the Constitution Club in Delhi before heading off to meet the Election Commission officials. Meanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah is also set to host a dinner for NDA allies in the national capital. Sources say that the NDA will chalk out their post-election result strategy in the meet. Nitish Kumar, Uddhav Thackeray, Ram Vilas Paswan and many more NDA leaders are likely to attend the to do.  

The seven-phase Lok Sabha election 2019 ended on Sunday, following which the exit polls were announced. Counting of votes will take place on May 23. 

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee issues a statement, says, ”Onus on ensuring institutional integrity in this case (security of EVMs) lies with the Election Commission, they must do so and put all speculations to rest.”

Former President Pranab Mukherjee issues statement, says ‘ Onus on ensuring institutional integrity in this case(security of EVMs) lies with the Election Commission, they must do so and put all speculations to rest’ pic.twitter.com/2xFIhok7pN

— ANI (@ANI) May 21, 2019

KPCC general secretary Venkatrao Y Ghorpade sends notice to Congress MLA Roshan Baig over his statement against AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and CLP leader Siddaramaiah. He has been asked to reply within one week.

In the meeting of the Election Commission regarding the issue of MCC, it was interalia decided that proceedings of the meeting would be drawn including the views of all the poll body members. Thereafter, formal instructions to this effect would be issued in consonance with extant laws, rules.

# The Opposition leaders reach Election Commission office for EVM meet 

# Shivsena Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Aditya Thackeray are also going to attend NDA meet today.

Deoghar: RJD and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) workers stop a truck alleging that EVMs were being transported in boxes. SDO Vishal Sagar says ‘All boxes are empty, the EVMs were already sent to Dumka for counting, you can check yourself’

Deoghar: RJD and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha(JVM) workers stop a truck alleging that EVMs were being transported in boxes. SDO Vishal Sagar says ‘All boxes are empty, the EVMs were already sent to Dumka for counting, you can check yourself’ #Jharkhand pic.twitter.com/7VIjOMb8L1

— ANI (@ANI) May 21, 2019

BJP’s stand on art 370 is not new. A party has its own stand but when there is an alliance, all of this is discussed. So there is no problem there: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

There’s no contradiction. We’ve always maintained Art.370 shouldn’t be scrapped, Uniform Civil Code shouldn’t be imposed, Ayodhya dispute should be resolved through mutual agreement/court’s intervention. We’ve maintained this since we first forged an alliance with BJP: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

# I feel the gathbandhan will get more than 60 seats in UP. BJP will be wiped off across the country. Exit polls will prove to be completely false, like it had happened before. Opposition will form a strong govt at the centre: Sanjay Singh, AAP after meeting SP chief Akhilesh Yadav: 

Sanjay Singh, AAP after meeting SP chief Akhilesh Yadav: Results will be declared after 2 days. We met to discuss the strategy to be followed after that. The first priority is to stop BJP, pair of Narendra Modi-Amit Shah & communal forces. This was also a courtesy call.

The proposed visit of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to New Delhi cancelled.

The Election Commission has announced re-polling in one polling station under Kolkata North parliamentary constituency on Wednesday. The re-poll will be held at Sanskrit Collegiate School under the Jorasanko Assembly segment on May 22 between 7 am to 6 pm.

# NDA’s dinner menu – Around 35 different dishes will be served; Maharashtra’s Poranpoli to Gujarat’s special thali will be on the menu; Bihar and North-East-special dishes will also be available; Some Delhi-special dishes will also be served.

# Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Ahmed Patel and Ghulam Nabi Azad from Congress, TMC’s Derek O’Brien, Satish Chandra Misra of Bahujan Samaj Party, Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), D Raja of the Communist Party of India (CPI) along with representatives of Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal are expected to meet at 1.30 pm at the Constitution Club. The team will then head off to meet the EC officials at 3 pm. 

# Exit polls have forecast that the BJP-led NDA will cross the majority mark of 272 in the Lok Sabha. 

Source: Zee News