Army to guard polling stations using EVM

The Election Commission has a plan to deploy army in those polling stations where Electric Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the 11th national election, reports UNB.

"The EC is planning to deploy army in the voting contres using EVM. If the Commission feels army's necessity, it'll talk to the army and deploy them after giving them enough training," EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed told reporters at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city on Saturday.

Preferring anonymity, an EC official said the army will be in overall control of the polling stations where the EVMs will be used instead of ballot boxes.