The Election Commission (EC) has told the Delhi High Court it will preserve the video footage in respect of the EVMs for the Rampur Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh in accordance with the protocol.
The commission's statement came on a petition filed by lawyer Mehmood Pracha, a poll contestant from Rampur who had sought a direction to the EC for following the Manual on Electronic Voting Machines in respect of his constituency for safeguarding the video footage.
The counsel for the EC, advocate Sidhant Kumar, said in any event, the commission is bound to follow the protocol for the preservation of videography or CCTV coverage at various stages of the electoral process for every Lok Sabha constituency.
