Opposition parties, including the Congress, on Friday said that they will continue with their political campaign on greater use of voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) to increase public trust in the electoral process.
The Supreme Court has rejected petitions that sought complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with VVPAT, saying “blindly distrusting” any aspect of the system can breed unwarranted scepticism.
Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said the Congress was not a party, directly or indirectly, to the petition on VVPATs that were rejected by the Supreme Court.
