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.
Instead of a Messianic superhero as a leader, a team of regional leaders, working on a common minimum agenda of inclusive development and sensitive to the need of making constant adjustments in the interests of diverse groups, may be the best hope for a diverse, plural, heterogeneous country like India.
Amidst growing doubts and apprehensions regarding so many institutions like the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Comptroller and the Auditor-General of India, the Election Commission of India still enjoys good measure of the confidence of the people. It is hoped the ECI lives up to its reputation in the coming general election to be held under the new system of EVMs with VVPAT across the country for the first time.
It would be difficult to explain the new faith in the VVPAT devices, they too are electronic and if the EVMs can be hacked or rigged so too can their “authenticators”.
This development and its outcome will have a significant bearing given that the high stake Lok Sabha Elections 2019 are just a few weeks away.
Reiterating the Election Commission's stand that EVMs cannot be tampered with, the CEC said the electronic voting machines are being used for over two decades in India during elections.
