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Fake voter ID cards: EC defers polling in RR Nagar to May 28

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday deferred polling in Karnataka's Rajarajeswari assembly seat to May 28 after the recent seizure of fake voter cards in the constituency. Counting of votes will now be held on May 31.
The poll panel said that the current election process in the constituency had been vitiated on account of unlawful activities of candidates and political parties, as well as their workers in planning to allure voters through distribution of freebies and the illegal collection of electors, photo identity cards (EPIC).
"Every voter has the freedom to cast his vote in a and fair manner without facing any inducement. In this particular instance, free exercise of electoral rights has been systemically compromised at a large scale," the EC said. Full report on P5
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