He said that the project proposal will be sent again with the signatures of all the members of the technical committee.
On October 19, the EC sent the project proposal titled ‘Increasing the use of electronic voting machines in the electoral system and sustainable management’ to the Planning Commission.
This project was taken with the aim of purchasing and maintaining around two lakh EVMs for the purpose of voting on EVMs in 150 constituencies in the 12th Parliament elections.
Planning Minister MA Mannan was present at the press conference held at the NEC Conference Center in Sher Bangla Nagar of the capital. The EVM project director later met the minister.