Bihar pivments 2025: EVM teeth to showcase candidates' color photographs for improved clarity

Bihar Polls 2025: The India’s Electoral Commission (ECI) revised the existing guidelines in terms of Rule 49B of the execution of election rules, 1961, for the design and pressure of the ballots to improve their clarity and readability, according to an official statement released on Wednesday. The poll said that the photos of candidates in the EVM ballot will be printed in color, and that the candidate’s face will occupy three-fourths of the photo space for better visibility. The poll said that the photos of candidates in the EVM ballot will be printed in color, and that the candidate’s face will occupy three-fourths of the photo space for better visibility. Seriental candidates/note will be printed in the international form of Indian figures. The font size will be 30 and in bold for clarity, they further added. The upgraded EVM votes will be used in the upcoming elections, starting with the Bihar meeting polls scheduled later this year. The Electoral Commission said the initiative is in line with the 28 initiatives the ECI has taken over the past six months to stream and improve the election processes and to improve voters. The EVM votes will be printed on 70 GSM paper. For the mount election, pink-colored paper from specified RGB values ​​should be used, the release says. To ensure uniformity, the names of all candidates/note will be printed in the same font and font size, large enough for easy readability, ECI said. Over the past few months, the Indian Block and Opposition Parties have strengthened the attacks against the India Electoral Commission and the BJP, which claims that “votes theft” is being carried out to ensure election gains for the ruling party. Earlier this month, BJP national spokeswoman Gaurav Bhatia took a dig on the congress and said the party acts like a student who does not study, exams and blame EVMs instead of accepting defeat. Bhatia said Premier Narendra Modi is the leader who works to realize the dreams of the Constitution, who emphasizes his role in the upliftment of Article 370 and to change for change and development in the country. “The BJP, like a good student, performs well in the exam, and later we thank the people, while the congress is like a student who does not study, and after failing, they blame the EVMs; they say that Sir should not be implemented in different countries. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge questions whether the poll of “BJP’s feedback for voting theft”. While Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge struck the Electoral Commission of India on the same day, he became the question of whether the poll’s body became ‘BJP’s voting theft office’. (With ani inputs)