Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on January 24 raised doubts over the reliability of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and demanded that VVPAT slips be handed over to voters for dropping them inside the ballot box.
Election results should be declared by counting these slips only, said the Rajya Sabha member, prompting the BJP to retort that Mr. Singh was questioning the victory of his party in Karnataka and Telangana as well as his son in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
“EVMs are being used for conducting elections only in India, Australia, Nigeria, Venezuela and Brazil,” he claimed. “The software used in Australia is in the midst of the public domain and anyone can access it,” he said.
