The Congress on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to heed to his buddy, US President Donald Trump, for utilizing paper ballots and never machines for voting to deal with the issues of your complete nation on the integrity of India’s electoral course of.
Congress common secretary, organisation, Ok C Venugopal questioned why the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) is feigning ignorance of what your complete world is saying and why is its authorities working away from transparency.
“Will PM Modi pay heed to his finest buddy Donald Trump’s message on poll papers and same-day voting, and deal with the issues of the entire nation concerning the integrity of our electoral course of?” Venugopal requested in a publish on X.
“I’m certain his finest buddy may also be appalled on the irregular improve of lakhs of voters in Maharashtra, or the surgical deletions of opposition votes,” he stated, citing Trump’s remarks at a governors’ assembly.
On the assembly, Trump was heard urging governors to modify to paper ballots and same-day voting, claiming that machines are costly.
“It’s tragic that the BJP is feigning ignorance to what’s evident to your complete world, that the electoral system could be severely manipulated and their angle of working away from transparency is just confirming our suspicions about their malpractices,” Venugopal stated.
The Congress has been demanding a return to the paper-ballot system for voting for fairly a while, alleging that the outcomes of digital voting machines are uncertain, even because the Election Fee (EC) has been saying that nobody has been capable of show something mistaken with EVMs.
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The federal government has repeatedly instructed Parliament that there is no such thing as a going again to the paper-ballot system.
