EVM Hatao, Ballot Paper Wapas Lao, Says Akhilesh Yadav as SP Coins New Slogan in Run-Up to 2024
News 18Samajwadi 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.