Updated On: 28 May, 2018 04:58 PM IST | Mumbai | Mid-day online desk
"EVMs were available in Maharashtra. What was the reason for bringing EVMs from Surat in Gujarat. We have expressed our doubts to the Election Commission," Patel told reporters in Gondia


Praful Patel
Former Union minister Praful Patel claimed that almost 25 percent of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in the bypoll to Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha seat on Monday. He also sought to know why EVMs from Surat in Gujarat were used in the bypoll when similar machines were available in Maharashtra.