Amid rising debates and confusion around PADU, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on clarified that Printing Auxiliary Display Unit (PADU) will be used only if technical difficulties arise during the counting of votes for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.
In a statement issued a day before the crucial election, the SEC said the facility to view results using PADU would be available only in rare circumstances.
As per SEC orders, votes must be counted by connecting the Control Unit (CU) to the Ballot Unit (BU), and PADU should be used only in rare and exceptional cases of technical failure.
Further, vote counting using PADU must be carried out in the presence of technicians from BEL, it said, adding that 140 PADU units have been made available.
As per its directions, the BMC carried out demonstrations of PADU for representatives of political parties, the SEC said.
It is pertinent to note that MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday, January 14, had accused the SEC of keeping political parties in the dark about PADU.
The counting for the municipal corporations will be held in phase manner on January 16.
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