EVM

His silence ‘damning’: Rahul attacks EAM

20 May 2025

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday again trained his guns at the External Af- fairs Minister S Jaishankar as he questioned his silence and said his silence is damning. Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, asked that how many Indian jets were downed...

“Elections Should Be Conducted Using Ballot Papers”: RJD Chief Lalu Yadav Advocates for Change in Voting System

29 Nov 2024

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav has called for the replacement of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with ballot papers in upcoming elections. Speaking on Friday, Yadav expressed confidence in his party's prospects for the Bihar elections scheduled for October-November 2025, stating, "Our party will...

Assembly Election: Doda District Election Authority Dispatches 800 EVMs for 1st Phase

26 Aug 2024

The District Election Authority of Doda has successfully dispatched 800 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to three strong rooms across the district ahead of the first phase of the 2024 assembly elections. The EVMs were transported under stringent security measures to ensure the integrity of the election process. The first phase...

EVM Controversy: Rahul Gandhi Supports Musk, Labels EVMs ‘Black Box’

16 Jun 2024

On Sunday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi waded into the ongoing debate over the authenticity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). This comes after former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar criticized billionaire Elon Musk’s remarks about EVMs, calling them a “huge sweeping generalization” without basis. Musk had suggested that EVMs should be eliminated...

Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Responds To Musk’s EVM Concern, Calls It ‘Sweeping Generalization’

16 Jun 2024

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has raised concerns about the security of electronic voting machines (EVMs), advising against their use due to potential vulnerabilities to hacking. His comments come amid global debates over EVM security, particularly following issues in Puerto Rico's recent primary elections. "We should eliminate electronic...

How EVM Votes Are Counted: EC’s 2019 Postal Ballot Rule Change And Opposition Concerns – All You Need to Know

03 Jun 2024

With less than 24 hours remaining until the results of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections are announced, Opposition leaders have called on the Election Commission (EC) to prioritize the counting of postal ballots before finalizing the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) results. The Opposition leaders insist that the results of the...

Counting on EVM

01 Jun 2024

Vote counting is tedious if elections are conducted through ballot papers. Trials of EVMs were first held in 1982 in Kerala and later rolled out in 25 states in 1998. In 2004 general elections, EVMs were launched pan-India. With EVMs, counting is smooth and seamless. With the Supreme Court ruling...

EC Takes Strict Action Against YSRCP MLA For Damaging EVM

22 May 2024

The Election Commission (EC) has taken serious action against YSRCP MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy, who is accused of damaging an electronic voting machine (EVM). This move follows an incident where Reddy was allegedly recorded on a web camera vandalizing an EVM at a polling center in the Macharla constituency of...

EVM-VVPAT issue: SC to resume hearing on petition for 100% votes verification today

18 Apr 2024

Today, the Supreme Court is set to resume its proceedings on petitions advocating for the complete verification of EVM votes through VVPAT slips. A bench led by Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the pleas submitted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and others. In response to...

SC seeks reply from EC, Centre on petition for complete count of VVPAT Slips

02 Apr 2024

In a significant development, the Supreme Court requested responses from both the Election Commission and the Centre regarding a petition seeking a full count of VVPAT slips in elections, contrasting with the current practice of verifying only five randomly chosen EVMs through VVPAT paper slips. VVPAT, which allows voters to...

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