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In such a case, how can the EVMs be tampered with when there is a court case pending. HYDERABAD: The Telangana Congress leaders on Saturday lodged a complaint with chief electoral officer (CEO) that the Electronic Voting Machines used in the Vikarabad constituency in the recent assembly elections were opened by the officials and district collector-cum-district election officer, Vikarabad on February 1, 2019, thereby resorting to tampering the EVMs.Gaddam Prasad Kumar, the Congress candidate who lost from Vikarabad assembly constituency, demanded stringent action against the district collector and other officials for allegedly opening the EVMs.“I have filed a case in the high court against irregularities in the conduct of elections and tampering of EVMs during polling. The collector should be immediately relieved of his duties,” Prasad Kumar said in a letter addressed to Chief Election Commissioner of India and the Chief Electoral Officer.CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC election commission corrdination committee chairman Marri Shashidhar Reddy and other senior leaders said it was unfair on the part of the officials to have allegedly opened the EVMs on the pretext of preparing the EVMs for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections..