Chandigarh, July 28
Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, President Shiromani Akali Dal and SAD-BJP nominee for Jalalabad Assembly by-election today demanded that Elections Commission of India should call an All Party Meet, to reach a consensus on the reliability and non-corruptibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and their use in future elections in the Country.
Talking to media while campaigning in the villages of Jalalabad constituency, Mr. Badal said that most of the NDA partners have already expressed apprehensions on corruptibility of EVMs and it becomes the prime duty of Election Commission to either restore faith of people in the objectivity of election process or revert back to old process of ballot papers. Mr. Badal said that this relook on the corruptibility of EVMs has become much more imperative after the yesterday’s observation of Apex Court that Election Commission should review the working of EVMs.
He said that opposition parties in Tamilnadu have already threatened to boycott the election process for ensuing Vidhan Sabha polls in that state and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mr. L.K.Advani has already aired his fears about EVMs being hacked in favour of a particular candidate.
The SAD President said that former Chief Secretary of New Delhi and IIT graduate Mr. Omesh Sehgal has already written to Election Commission offering to demonstrate practically that how the software of EVMs machines could be hacked, He has also offered to prove his claim that how Trojans in the chip of the EVMs could hack its Dogla software.
Mr. Badal said that India was the largest democracy of the world with highest number of electorate using their right of franchise. He said that it was the prime duty of Election Commission to ensure that no question mark was raised on the credibility of the pious election process. He hoped that all parties including UPA constituents, realizing the importance of maintaining sacrosance of election process would make every effort to restore its credibility in the larger interest of success of democratic process in the country.
Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, President Shiromani Akali Dal and SAD-BJP nominee for Jalalabad Assembly by-election today demanded that Elections Commission of India should call an All Party Meet, to reach a consensus on the reliability and non-corruptibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and their use in future elections in the Country.
Talking to media while campaigning in the villages of Jalalabad constituency, Mr. Badal said that most of the NDA partners have already expressed apprehensions on corruptibility of EVMs and it becomes the prime duty of Election Commission to either restore faith of people in the objectivity of election process or revert back to old process of ballot papers. Mr. Badal said that this relook on the corruptibility of EVMs has become much more imperative after the yesterday’s observation of Apex Court that Election Commission should review the working of EVMs.
He said that opposition parties in Tamilnadu have already threatened to boycott the election process for ensuing Vidhan Sabha polls in that state and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mr. L.K.Advani has already aired his fears about EVMs being hacked in favour of a particular candidate.
The SAD President said that former Chief Secretary of New Delhi and IIT graduate Mr. Omesh Sehgal has already written to Election Commission offering to demonstrate practically that how the software of EVMs machines could be hacked, He has also offered to prove his claim that how Trojans in the chip of the EVMs could hack its Dogla software.
Mr. Badal said that India was the largest democracy of the world with highest number of electorate using their right of franchise. He said that it was the prime duty of Election Commission to ensure that no question mark was raised on the credibility of the pious election process. He hoped that all parties including UPA constituents, realizing the importance of maintaining sacrosance of election process would make every effort to restore its credibility in the larger interest of success of democratic process in the country.
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