June 16th 2024.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed his concerns about the current state of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in India on Sunday. He referred to them as "black boxes" that are not open to scrutiny by anyone. He also pointed out that there have been growing concerns about the transparency of the country's electoral process.
Gandhi's ally, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, also joined in questioning the credibility of EVMs and demanded that all future elections be conducted using ballot papers instead. In a post on social media, Gandhi shared a media report that claimed a relative of a winning candidate from Mumbai had a phone that could unlock an EVM, raising doubts about the fairness of the election.
The former Congress president also shared a post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who had expressed his views on eliminating EVMs. Musk had stated that the risk of hacking by humans or artificial intelligence was still too high, and therefore, EVMs should be eliminated.
In a separate post in Hindi, Yadav stated that technology should be used to solve problems, not create them. He emphasized that the use of technology should be stopped if it becomes the cause of problems. Yadav also took a dig at the ruling party, BJP, by questioning their insistence on using EVMs despite growing concerns and renowned experts warning against the dangers of tampering.
Yadav also shared Musk's post and reiterated his demand for future elections to be conducted using ballot papers. Opposition parties have been expressing concerns about EVMs for some time now and had previously demanded a 100 per cent count of the VVPAT slips, which was not allowed.
Overall, it is evident that the opposition parties are raising serious concerns about the use of EVMs in elections and are calling for more transparency and accountability in the electoral process. They believe that technology should not be a cause for doubts and that the use of traditional ballot papers would ensure a fair and secure election.
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