Kohima, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The opposition Congress in Nagaland on Wednesday demanded ballot paper voting system in the Assembly polls, slated for early next year, replacing the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), as, according to it, these had been proven several times to be tampered.
Nagaland Congress President K.Therie said that the EVMs can be "reset".
"EVMs have been in use in India for almost two decades even as many of the advanced countries have abandoned EVMs because it lacks transparency," he told the media.
Therie said that after the BJP came to power, in between 2014 and 2018, 19 lakh EVMs were found missing after being supplied by the two government-owned EVM manufacturing companies -- Bharat Electronics Ltd and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd.
Saying that the EVM issue would also be raised on other platforms including with the Election Commission, the Congress leader requested all political parties to support the demand for transparency in voting and counting process.
Therie also suggested one day polling with counting of votes on the same day.
A state unit delegation recently met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and raised the EVM issue, and Therie said that he has assured to take up the issue with the appropriate authorities.
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
