Recently, Congress leader Rashid Alvi made some bold claims about electronic voting machines (EVMs) in India. He suggested that because Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a close relationship with Israel, the EVMs could be manipulated—just like Hezbollah's pagers, which allegedly turned into explosive
At his press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar rubbished this allegation and cleared all doubts. He said, "our EVMs are more robust than Hezbollah's pagers and they are 100 per cent foolproof. EVMs cannot be hacked. Pagers are connected devices, but EVMs are not.
The Commission said that the candidates can also mix and match BU-CU-VVPAT from any polling station in an assembly constituency for C-V and is not bound to choose other units of the same set at that particular polling station selected by the candidate.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: According to the EC's Standard Operating Procedure, the cost submitted by manufacturers BEL and ECIL to carry out EVM "check and verification" is Rs 40,000 (plus 18 per cent GST) per set of EVM.
To me, the entire EVM issue is one in which one goes on raising doubts and questions, and telling lies, and the sole objective seems to create doubts in the minds of people. The funny part here is, that Elon Musk raised questions about EVMs being used in a primary election in Puerto Rico, USA.
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The official said neither Ravindra Waikar nor losing candidate Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (UBT) had sought a recount but verification of invalid postal ballots was demanded and it was done.
A video was circulated on social media alleging that the YSRCP lost the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections due to EVM tampering. However, in the fact check, it was found to be false.
'The entire month-long exercise was conducted with the help of EVMs. Was there a single voice claiming that the election was rigged?" asked Pakistan's opposition leader praising India's elections process.
All those in the opposition who had predicted that Modi would cease to be Prime Minister after June 4 results, are now disappointed, and crestfallen.
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Eight police teams of Andhra have been searching for MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy for the last two days as the Election Commission has ordered his immediate arrest.
BOOM, in its factcheck, found that the video dates back to the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The Congress claimed that the man was the son of a "local BJP leader", who is seen in the purported video focusing the camera on the EVM and VVPAT.
Maharashtra news: Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second-largest after Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena.
The incident took place near Gola village and the fire damaged EVMs of four polling stations. The third phase of the Lok Sabha elections was held in Betul on May 7.
A post was shared on X claiming that an EVM was slammed on the floor of a polling booth during voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.
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