The recommendations by the Cabinet sub-committee would be referred to the state cabinet headed by Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel for approval, he added. The Congress, however, backed the move. In a significant development, the Bhupesh Baghel government on Tuesday decided to dump Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and go back to ballot paper voting in the upcoming elections to urban local bodies in Chhattisgarh, scheduled to be held in December this year. China key box factory “A Cabinet sub-committee constituted by the Chhattisgarh government to review the current local body polls rules on Tuesday recommended to use ballot paper instead of EVMs in the upcoming urban local body elections, besides holding indirect elections for the posts of mayors and chairpersons of the bodies”, state urban development minister Shiv Daharia, who is a member of the sub-committee, told this newspaper.BJP spokesperson in Chhattisgarh Sanjay Srivastav opposed the move to use ballot paper in the urban body polls, describing it a “conspiracy by ruling Congress to rig polls”.The Congress has returned to power in Chhattisgarh after a gap of 15 years in the 2018 Assembly elections.Chhattisgarh dumps EVMs, back to ballot paper
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