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A plea seeking a direction from the court to the poll panel to ban roadshows and bike rallies during elections would also come up for hearing on Monday. Other petitions listed include two public interest litigations seeking an independent review of the software used in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), VVPAT units and for EVM tracking. The court had Friday sought the Election Commission’s response on the plea led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for a check of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. The plea has claimed that such events violate the Commission’s instructions and cause damage to the environment. The plea, filed by former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Vikram Singh and environmentalist Shaivika Agrawal, has said that roadshows and bike rallies during election period cause air and noise pollution and also result in traffic jams which cause inconvenience to the general public..