Issue Flagged By Opposition Parties

From all India Trinamool Congresss perspective, Mukul Roy demanded reintroduction of paper ballot system.Heres what leaders from various political parties had to say. Fare elections could not be conducted through EVMs. Today, we are strongly demanding for ballot papers to be introduced again and state funding is the only issue to resolve all these cases.The poll panel will try to assure parties that the EVMs cannot be hacked in any manner. "EC held a detailed presentation on how EVMs cannot be tampered with. They want proof of earlier elections.The Election Commission today convened an all-party meeting over the issue of EVM and other electoral reforms. If people and parties are satisfied, your system will be accepted. The all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission to discuss the reliability of the EVMs, an issue flagged by opposition parties got underway in New Delhi on Friday. The EC should provide AAP with a machine that the party will try to hack..V.Conducting a mock poll on an EVM machine, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj demonstrated how despite giving two votes each to various parties; the final count showed Computerized Flat Knitting Machine that votes of some parties had been transferred to one party.

The EC should use VVPAT machine on all booths in all upcoming elections and make a rule for the counting of 25 per cent VVPAT slips in all Assembly," he added. There is a need to restore the faith of people in EVMs.However, the poll body has been maintaining that EVMs are tamper proof and cannot be manipulated.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was among the AAP representatives at the meeting, said that the EC refused to carry out a hackathon. The parties who will win will celebrate and the losers will always complain and crib," he added. There must be transparency during voting and counting.On Tuesday, the AAP, during a special session of the Delhi assembly, conducted a live demonstration on how EVMs can be tampered with. Maitreyan of the AIADMKs Panneerselvam camp said his group is convinced with the EVM security."They said EVM tampering is not possible. We are not in favor of EVM that is what we are asking the introduction of ballot papers," Roy said.The all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to discuss the reliability of EVMs - an issue flagged by opposition parties - today saw various reactions from different political parties.