MVA candidates raise clamour to replace EVMs with ballot paper

“We have decided to challenge the use of EVMs for elections in court and create a public movement,” said acting city NCP(SP) chief Ankush Kakade.

Jagtap said many reports have emerged of alleged tampering of EVMs during assembly elections. “If many countries have given up EVM for elections and returned to ballot paper, then the same should be done in India,” said Jagtap adding that the electronic part of the EVM is technical and beyond the understanding of candidates, so it can be tampered with.

“We do not accept the results as it was pre-planned and and the results were manipulated by the machine,” said Jagtap.

Bagwe said the voting data raises doubt on the authenticity of EVMs. “It is shocking that the data mismatches. We strongly demand that EVMs be replaced by ballot paper,” said Bagwe.