Chandigarh, May 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that requisite electronic voting machines (EVMs) for May 26 municipal elections in Punjab have been dispatched from Rajasthan and could reach Chandigarh/Mohali by Thursday night.

The Punjab state election commission (SEC), on its part, informed the court that printing of ballot papers has started and it has already spent Rs.50 lakh. Due to the short window, EVMs can't be used for polls as it would require training of those put on poll duty, the SEC counsel told the court.

These submissions have been made during resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Ruchita Garg, an advocate and Mohali resident, challen...