India’s EVMs completely safe, tamper-proof: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
He said wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different.
He said wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different.
The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday a plea filed by Congress leaders seeking verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used during the Haryana Assembly polls.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday dismissed the claims of hacking and tampering electronic voting machines (EVMs), saying there is no scope for such manipulations as the machines are foolproof.
Slamming Congress for questioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the BJP on Wednesday said the politics of the grand old party has been reduced to mere accusations and frustration.
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking review of its judgement rejecting plea for 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) votes with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
The apex court had earlier declined the demand for matching of EVM-VVPAT results in 50 per cent cases, saying it will require huge manpower.
The malfunctioning was pointed out by none other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who said that election officials appear to have failed to ensure that the EVMs worked properly.
After the polling was marred by the malfunctioning of some EVMs, Naidu blasted the Election Commission (EC) for what he called 'turning the elections into a big farce'.
There were reports of EVM malfunctioning from a few areas with Saharanpur reporting the most number of EVM glitches.
The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are in the news yet again for developing glitches in the state as informed by the Chief Election Officer of Andhra Pradesh where more than 350 EVMs have broken down.