Some candidates who lost  the recent PMC elections  have complained to the chief election commissioner that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tampered with.

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The complainants include Sangita Tiwari, panel 21; Ayub Shaikh of Congress, panel 4; Nana Nanavare of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), panel 4; Sagar Malkar of Shiv Sena, panel 4; Rahul Dhole Patil of NCP, panel 21; and Sugandha Gaware from panel 23.

Tiwari said she was approached by a man who promised to tamper with EVMs and ensure her victory in return for money. “I  drove him away. He may have approached others and rigged the election,” she said.