Chandigarh, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, First Level Checking (FLC) of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines commenced at warehouses across the state on Thursday.
Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Anindita Mitra facilitated a visit by representatives of recognised political parties to the state-level Webcasting Centre at her office in Chandigarh. The centre has been set up to enable continuous monitoring of the FLC process.
During the visit, Mitra briefed the representatives on the functioning of the webcasting centre and the role of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) officers in the checking process.
She said the Election Commission of India’s instructions were being implemented in letter and spirit during the First Level Checking in every district of Punjab.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer Amandeep Bansal, Joint Chief Electoral Officers Navneet Kaur Bal and Sanjeev Sharma, and political party representatives Ferry Soft (AAP), N.K. Verma (BJP), Arshdeep Singh Kler (Shiromani Akali Dal), Hardeep Singh Kingra (Congress) and Sunil Kumar (CPI-M) were present.
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