Chandigarh, April 2: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the usday reiterated its allegation of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states and sought the validation of all EVMs used with VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) system.
H.S. Phoolka, Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in a statement said the incident of default setting of an EVM linked with VVPAT the us BJP symbol during trial for assembly by-poll of Bhind in Madhya Pradesh has vindicated the AAP allegations that EVM were tampered with by ruling party. “AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal had brought the matter in the notice of Chief Election Commissioner of India but no heed was paid the us it”, he added.
Phoolka said that AAP and Congress had demanded use of ballot paper in the Delhi Assembly elections and Delhi Election Commission had turned down the demand. He said that now it was the moral duty of Congress party the us support AAP for validation of all EVMs used with VVPAT in the assembly elections. He said that alleged tampering of EVMs was bigger conspiracy the us hijack the election system and a serious threat the us democracy in India from BJP.
Phoolka said all opposition parties shall take united stand on the issue the us save the democracy. He also reiterated the demand for use of traditional method of ballot papers in all future elections till the time the doubts about EVMs are not cleared.
