PUNE: Baramati MP and NCP(SP) senior functionary Supriya Sule on Wednesday said she cannot find fault with EVMs without proof, but added that discussions were needed to uncover the truth as others have claimed to possess evidence of manipulation.“I think it is not right for me to make allegations until I have some concrete evidence…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday claimed that, in a mandatory count, there was no mismatch found in the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) slips and the votes polled in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.The commission said as per the guidelines it is required…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday took a meme-fueled jibe at Congress pointing out how latter questions credibility of Electronic Voting Machines when it loses elections while credits itself when it wins.BJP shared a meme with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s image of celebrating the latter’s win in Wayanad bypolls. “If they lose, they…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a divergent position from his party’s stance over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) following the party’s poor showing in Maharashtra’s assembly elections.While Tharoor defended the reliability of EVMs, he expressed concerns about possible manipulation within the electoral…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a meeting with all his losing MLA candidates and told them to file applications with the EC for verification of electronic voting machine-voter verifiable paper audit trail (EVM-VVPAT) units. Many defeated candidates blamed EVMs for their loss and suggested…
NEW DELHI: Actress Swara Bhasker on Saturday blamed Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Saturday following her husband Fahad Ahmad‘s defeat in the Anushakti Nagar assembly constituency of Maharashtra, where he contested as an NCP (SCP) candidate.“In Anushakti Nagar vidhaan sabha after a steady lead by @FahadZirarAhmad of NCP-SP.. round 17, 18, 19 suddenly 99% battery…
NEW DELHI: After meeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials on Wednesday the delegation of the Congress party said it has submitted the complaints of EVMs from seven Haryana assembly constituencies to the poll body.Bhupinder Hooda, who was leading Congress’s Haryana poll campaign, said the Election Commission has assured them that it would look…
NEW DELHI: Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has advised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) should be eliminated as it is prone to “getting hacked” by humans of Artificial Intelligence (AI).“We should eliminate electronic voting machines. The risk of being hacked by humans or AI, while small, is still too high,” wrote Musk on X, which he owns….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its unwillingness to pass any order regarding electronic voting machines (EVMs) only on the basis of suspected hacking and manipulation, while stating that it would not flinch from ensuring steps for improvement if it saw the need for any.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sought clarification from the Election Commission regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and summoned a senior poll panel official for a hearing at 2 pm on Wednesday. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, presiding over a case on verifying votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), said…
