Sharad Pawar visited at the anti-EVM event in Markadwadi village in Solapur district after several villagers and local MLA were booked for trying to hold a mock re-election through ballot paper to validate the results of the village.
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party is the only party which has shown interest in taking part in the EVM hacking challenge organised by the poll panel on June 3
Election Commission will offer its EVMs to political parties to try and prove that they can be tampered with.
The Election Commission will meet representatives of 55 political parties tomorrow to put forth its stand on the EVM tampering issue.
AAP will take its fight against EVMs to the doorstep of the Election Commission tomorrow.
Election Commission has convened an all-party meeting on May 12 to discuss the concerns about the reliability of EVMs.
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to convene an all-party meeting on May 12 to discuss the issue of reliability of electronic voting machines.
Nasim Zaidi said that the poll body intends to use Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in all coming elections to bring in more transparency and boosting the confidence of people in the electoral process.
As the senior leadership of the AAP blamed EVMs for the party's poor show in the Punjab assembly election and the MCD polls, many in the party seem to have rejected the claim.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had raised concerns about the reliability of EVMs alleging that many machines were malfunctioning.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday that if the electronic voting machines were tampered with he would not have been in power.
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said that its enquiry team has found no anomaly or tampering with the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) that was used for demonstration ahead of the Assembly by-poll in Ater constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
In scenes that drew sharp resemblance to the uproar over the government’s demonetisation decision, Opposition parties today disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over alleged tampering of EVMs to favour the ruling BJP.
Kejriwal today reiterated his allegations that EVMs can be tampered with and demanded that civic polls in the national capital be postponed if needed to use the paper ballot.
Amid politicians raising doubts over the efficacy of electronic voting machines or EVMs, the Election Commission is set to buy next generation EVMs that become "inoperable" the moment attempts are made to tinker with it.
A day after an EVM in Bhind printed slips of BJP no matter which button was pressed, the Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday removed the district collector and the SP and initiated action against 19 others.
AAP and Congress approached Election Commission seeking investigation into alleged cases of EVM tampering.
The Supreme Court on Friday served a notice to the Election Commission on a complaint filed seeking an investigation into the efficacy and accuracy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of EVMs during polls.
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