Election Commission of India to Hold EVM Challenge
The Election Commission of India (ECI) held a meeting with all recognised National and State Political parties today at Constitution Club, New Delhi to discuss the issue of faulty Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Seven National Parties and 35 State Parties attended the meeting.
Most political parties have raised their concerns about the vulnerability of EVMs saying that Narendra Modi’s party BJP wins elections by tampering with the EVMs.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr. Nasim Zaidi, underlined the contribution of all political parties and stated that systemic improvements and progressive measures aimed at improving the electoral processes and systems have been reformed by the Commission in cooperation with all political parties.
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CEC referred the queries raised by some political parties about the incidents of alleged EVM manipulation, and reiterated that baseless perceptions were generated about these incidents and there was no case of biased vote results.
The Commission highlighted the wide range of technical, administrative protocol and procedural safeguards that fortify the EVMs and VVPATs against any sort of manipulation or tampering. He said that Commission is open to hear suggestions on how to further improve integrity and credibility of EVMs.
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CEC also informed the political representatives that the Commission will hold a challenge and offer opportunity to political parties to demonstrate that EVMs used in the recently concluded Assembly elections were tampered OR that EVMs can be tampered even under the laid down technical and administrative safeguards.
CEC further stated that the Commission will ensure 100% coverage of VVPATs in all future election to the Parliament and State Assembly Elections.
