Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan on Monday dismissed the allegations that a truckload of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) was brought from Ganjam district and concealed by the Nuapada District Election Officer-cum-Collector.

During a press conference held here on Monday, Gopalan said that the CEO received an allegation from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday that the collector of Nuapada had illegally and fraudulently brought a truckload of EVM machines from Ganjam district on November 9.

Meanwhile, a particular news channel later telecast this news without verifying the veracity of the information with the office of the CEO. It was further alleged that these EVMs will be replaced with the original ones to be used during polling.

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