Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole has said that he has asked the state legislature to frame a law to give voters the option of using ballot papers besides EVMs.
Sri Lankan Election Commission said on Tuesday that plastic ballot boxes would be imported for next month's presidential polls as the ballot paper has an extraordinary length due to a record number of candidates.
"Do not forget that the EVMs were earlier used in England, France, Germany and America. But they have now stopped using them... So why cannot we bring the ballot papers back?" she said.
Accusing the BJP of programming the EVMs used in the 2019 polls, the Trinamool Congress supremo said "ballot papers are the only solution for reinstating democracy in the country".
He also lamented that EVMs are being used as a "football" and some sections are doing a "motivated slugfest" over their use.
In its complaint, the poll panel had asked police to investigate the matter "promptly" for violation of certain IPC sections dealing with spreading rumour to "create fear" in the minds of people.
The latest revelations clearly shrouded the neutrality of the EVM's and hence should be replaced with ballot papers, the party said.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai said, "We have made a point... Let us go back to ballot papers. We have insisted on ballot papers for elections to the largest democracy."
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