The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken swift action after reports emerged that several VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips were found dumped near a road in the Sarairanjan assembly constituency of Bihar’s Samastipur district.

In an official statement issued on Saturday, the poll body clarified that the slips in question were mock VVPAT slips, generated during the mandatory testing of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before polling began. The ECI directed the District Magistrate of Samastipur to conduct an on-site inquiry. Meanwhile, the concerned Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) has been suspended for negligence, and an FIR is being registered in connection with the incident.

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The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), led by Tejashwi Yadav, shared a video

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