EVM Hatao, Ballot Paper Wapas Lao, Says Akhilesh Yadav as SP Coins New Slogan in Run-Up to 2024
1 year ago

EVM Hatao, Ballot Paper Wapas Lao, Says Akhilesh Yadav as SP Coins New Slogan in Run-Up to 2024

News 18  

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has coined a new slogan — ‘EVM Hatao Ballot Paper Wapas Lo’ — in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, raising questions over the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines. Uttar Pradesh’s former chief minister said in the era of technological advancements, when frauds and scams are at their peak, the fair functioning of EVMs cannot be guaranteed. Hon ECI and Hon Supreme Court, would you please defend our Indian Democracy?” Raut had challenged BJP to hold elections with ballot papers to see the actual outcome. Narendra Kumar Kashyap, state minister, backward welfare and disability empowerment, said: “It seems that the opposition parties have already predicted their fate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and hence are giving such excuses.

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Maharashtra village passes resolution to use ballot papers in future polls
2 weeks ago

Maharashtra village passes resolution to use ballot papers in future polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The demand for conducting elections on ballot papers is gaining momentum in Maharashtra as Kolewadi village in Satara district has resolved to conduct future elections on ballot papers expressing doubts over the Electronic Voting Machines. Kolewadi village falls under the Karad assembly constituency, earlier represented by veteran Congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, who faced a surprising …

Petition cites Elon Musk's EVM remark for paper ballots in polls, dismissed
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Petition cites Elon Musk's EVM remark for paper ballots in polls, dismissed

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking the use of ballot paper voting in elections instead of Electronic Voting Machines. Even during my global peace summit, Elon Musk had clearly stated that EVM technology can be tampered with," the petitioner had said. In June this year, Elon Musk sparked a debate by calling for the elimination of voting …

Ex-Andhra CM Jagan Reddy says ‘spirit of democracy’ needs ballot papers, not EVMs
6 months ago

Ex-Andhra CM Jagan Reddy says ‘spirit of democracy’ needs ballot papers, not EVMs

Hindustan Times  

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, said that it was necessary for "upholding the true spirit of our democracy," that ballot papers be used instead place of Electronic Voting Machines, on Tuesday. On Monday, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Monday had also spoken up on the matter, emphasising that the Congress party had been constantly …

EVM critic Digvijaya Singh calls for ballot papers to be used in MP's Rajgarh: ‘Preparing for that’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM critic Digvijaya Singh calls for ballot papers to be used in MP's Rajgarh: ‘Preparing for that’

Hindustan Times  

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, a known critic of electronic voting machines and an advocate of voting through ballot papers, on Sunday ‘proposed’ a way for voting to be conducted through ballots in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh parliamentary constituency, from where the grand old party has nominated him for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Digvijaya Singh “There is a way for elections …

Chandigarh’s senior citizens call for polling through ballot papers
9 months ago

Chandigarh’s senior citizens call for polling through ballot papers

Hindustan Times  

The senior citizens of Sector 28 A wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Delhi, on Friday, demanding the conduction of the upcoming 2024 general elections through ballot papers only as the results of most of the elections conducted through the electronic voting machines for the last decade are erroneous. Senior citizens of Chandigarh’s Sector 28 A write a …

Akhilesh Yadav says all well on seat-sharing front in alliance, stresses on winnability
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav says all well on seat-sharing front in alliance, stresses on winnability

Hindustan Times  

Asserting that all was fine on the issue of seat-sharing within the Opposition INDIA alliance, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said tickets for Lok Sabha elections will be given to a candidate from any party in the alliance on his or her capacity to win the polls. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said a decision will …

EVMs creating ‘distrust’, why not vote through ballot papers, asks Akhilesh Yadav
1 year ago

EVMs creating ‘distrust’, why not vote through ballot papers, asks Akhilesh Yadav

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on December 15 pushed for the use of ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines for voting, pointing out that the country should adopt the system practised in developed countries like the United States, Japan and Germany. A country like America, which is powerful in economy, conducts voting through ballot for months; a country like …

EVMs being tampered, says Akhilesh Yadav ahead of UP poll results
2 years, 9 months ago

EVMs being tampered, says Akhilesh Yadav ahead of UP poll results

India Today  

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results set to be declared on March 10, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has raised questions on the security of the Electronic Voting Machines. — Akhilesh Yadav March 8, 2022 Meanwhile, after several exit polls predicted a victory for the BJP and its allies in the UP election, the SP chief said the …

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