Ajit Pawar says EVMs trustworthy, NCP says ‘use ballot paper’
Ajit Pawar's "clean chit” to EVMs comes days after he credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma for the BJP's victory in 2014 polls.
NCP leader Ajit Pawar at an event in Patrakar Bhavan in Pune on Saturday. (Express Photo)
Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, NCP’s Ajit Pawar, on Saturday said that electronic voting machines (EVM) are trustworthy and the system cannot be manipulated by a single person.
This comes on a day his party, in a statement, said that the ruling BJP fears not returning to power in the next Lok Sabha polls, and demanded that the 2024 elections be held using ballot paper.
Ajit Pawar’s “clean chit” to EVMs comes days after he credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma for the BJP’s victory in 2014 polls.
“I trust EVMs. A single person cannot manipulate EVMs. It’s a big system and multiple checks are involved. However, the party which faces defeat in polls blames the voting machine but one should understand that the poll outcome is the mandate of the people,” Ajit Pawar told media.
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