The Supreme Court requested the Election Commission’s response to a petition that demanded a full count of VVpet slips Achi-News

The petition filed in the Supreme Court said that cross-verification and counting of all VVpet slips are essential for the good of democracy and the principle that elections should not only be free and impartial but also appear to be free. The petition asked the Supreme Court to order the Election Commission of India to count all the paper slips of the VVPET and count the votes that were ‘recorded as votes cast’ by the voters through the VVPET. Cross validation should be done with