Congress has claimed of “serious discrepancies” in the safety of strong rooms, EVMs and control units under nine Assembly constituencies in three districts.

In this connection, a complaint has been filed by the party with the Election Commission on Thursday.

In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora said that “diverse serious discrepancies were found” in the strong rooms where the EVMs have been kept post elections in nine Assembly constituencies – Jaleswar, Chabua, Dibrugarh, Lahowal, Moran, Dudhnoi, Goalpara East, Goalpara West and Dhakuakhana.

Tags and slips having number of ballot unit, control unit and VVPAT of two polling stations under the Dhakuakhana constituency were found near the strong room, said the Congress leader.

The Deputy Commissioner concerned was informed of the mismatches of the identification numbers of EVMs, control units, ballot units and VVPATs.

“The four Congress candidates in Goalpara district filed a joint petition to the district election officer regarding three boys entering the strong room and the control room on April 28 with electrical devices ‘on the pretext of some repairing works’ in the closed-circuit television unit,” Bora said.

An immediate enquiry was demanded into the allegations. Intervention of the Election Commission was sought by the Congress leader to resolve the “discrepancies in respect of the safety of strong rooms and EVMs”.

Counting of VVPAT was also demanded by Bora, in respect of the constituencies where EVMs and strong rooms securities were violated.