The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said there was no discrepancy found between VVPAT slip count and EVM control unit count in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls.
Addressing the gathering at Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan function , the Congress chief said, “We don’t want elections through EVMs. We want elections through ballot paper.”
Slamming the Congress for its allegation that electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be hacked, the Election Commission of India Tuesday stressed asserted that the EVMs were 100 per cent tamper-proof.
The EVM units include Ballot Unit (BU), Control Unit (CU) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
The poll panel said in its order it had issued a detailed administrative SOP for the application process, protocols for units to be checked, safeguards and controls for conduct of checking/verification process and required documentation.
Mr Thackrey said that his party will launch a massive campaign against the use of EVMs in elections that will be attended by several Opposition leaders.
Earlier, he had met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and highlighted the EVM issue.
BJP leader claims Banerjee herself is in possesion of huge black money and she should first return them, then demand for its recovery.
The TMC chief had earlier claimed that several crores of rupees were spent during the recently-held Lok Sabha elections.
In July 2018, Raj Thackeray had alleged that the BJP had won the past elections by manipulating the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
