NEW DELHI: A fresh skirmish over EVMs is so as as a bunch of key opposition events on Sunday decided to move the Supreme Court as soon as once more with the demand that a minimum of 50% of votes by paper path must be counted.
The opposition’s move comes just a week after the apex court docket requested the Election Commission to rely VVPAT slips in 5 EVMs in every assembly constituency in place of the present one.
With the polls peaking, Congress, Telugu Desam Party, Samajwadi Party, AAP, CPI and CPM held a gathering right here to talk about vote casting machines, with a majority of the view that the present procedure was no longer clear. They stated the SC must be approached once more within the passion of “citizens’ rights” to “save democracy”.
The lead figure in Sunday’s show was TDP boss and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, who is looking for re-election. He met chief election commissioner Sunil Arora on Saturday to boost the problem of EVM malfunctioning. Congress leaders and senior advocates Abhishek Singhvi and Kapil Sibal also attended the meeting.
Addressing a joint press conference, Naidu stated the opposition events were not satisfied with the SC order directing the EC to increase the collection of EVMs randomly verified from one to five in step with assembly constituency.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal accused the ruling BJP of “programming” the vote casting machines to win Lok Sabha elections. Naidu stated 21 political events have demanded verification of VVPATs of 50% of EVMs. Singhvi threatened a national campaign, saying the EC was no longer doing sufficient to deal with the problem.
“Questions have been raised after the primary segment of elections, we do not think the EC is paying ok consideration. If you press the button ahead of ‘X’ birthday party, vote is going to ‘Y’ birthday party. VVPAT displays the vote only for 3 seconds instead of seven seconds,” he claimed.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal stated, “Loss of faith within the electoral procedure is raising a question mark at the country’s democratic construction.” He also accused the EC of no longer paying heed to the complaints of EVM manipulation.
The opposition’s move comes just a week after the apex court docket requested the Election Commission to rely VVPAT slips in 5 EVMs in every assembly constituency in place of the present one.
With the polls peaking, Congress, Telugu Desam Party, Samajwadi Party, AAP, CPI and CPM held a gathering right here to talk about vote casting machines, with a majority of the view that the present procedure was no longer clear. They stated the SC must be approached once more within the passion of “citizens’ rights” to “save democracy”.
The lead figure in Sunday’s show was TDP boss and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, who is looking for re-election. He met chief election commissioner Sunil Arora on Saturday to boost the problem of EVM malfunctioning. Congress leaders and senior advocates Abhishek Singhvi and Kapil Sibal also attended the meeting.
Addressing a joint press conference, Naidu stated the opposition events were not satisfied with the SC order directing the EC to increase the collection of EVMs randomly verified from one to five in step with assembly constituency.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal accused the ruling BJP of “programming” the vote casting machines to win Lok Sabha elections. Naidu stated 21 political events have demanded verification of VVPATs of 50% of EVMs. Singhvi threatened a national campaign, saying the EC was no longer doing sufficient to deal with the problem.
“Questions have been raised after the primary segment of elections, we do not think the EC is paying ok consideration. If you press the button ahead of ‘X’ birthday party, vote is going to ‘Y’ birthday party. VVPAT displays the vote only for 3 seconds instead of seven seconds,” he claimed.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal stated, “Loss of faith within the electoral procedure is raising a question mark at the country’s democratic construction.” He also accused the EC of no longer paying heed to the complaints of EVM manipulation.
Opposition parties set to move Supreme Court again on 50 per cent VVPAT count
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