EVMs Should Be Banned

  The Developed nations,except the USA have discarded the EVMs.It so happened that in the 21st century a President was,EVEN, accused of "stealing Elections" [mis]using EVMs in the USA!
For a similar demand by AGP and BJP,prior to the 2011 Assam Assembly Elections, the Indira Congress party cited Tamil Nadu and Bengal poll results.
   The full news from "thevotingnews.com":-
Jun 13 2011

Opposition to raise Electronic Voting Machine issue | The Telegraph Calcutta

"The Oppo­si­tion has decided to raise the issue of using elec­tronic vot­ing machine (EVM) at the day­long 7th Regional Con­sul­ta­tion for Elec­toral Reforms here tomorrow. The regional con­sul­ta­tion, organ­ised by the Cen­tre and the Elec­tion Com­mis­sion on how to strengthen the elec­toral sys­tem, will be held at NEDFi House here.

The AGP and the BJP will make a strong case for its out­right abo­li­tion at a gath­er­ing which would include Union law min­is­ter Veer­appa Moily and chief elec­tion com­mis­sioner S.Y. Quraishi.

… AGP’s Arun Sarma … said they want the EVMs replaced as any­thing “man­made” can be “tam­pered with”.

“In fact, we need a sep­a­rate dis­cus­sion on EVM as it has been dis­carded in devel­oped coun­tries. If the Con­gress can fore­cast who will be win­ning, we have rea­sons to believe some­thing is amiss vis-à-vis the EVM,” he said.

In the just-concluded Assem­bly polls, the Con­gress won 78 of the 126 seats.

The AIUDF got 18, AGP 10 and BJP five, trig­ger­ing alle­ga­tions about EVM tampering.

The Con­gress, on the other hand, dis­missed the alle­ga­tion by point­ing to the poll defeats of the rul­ing par­ties in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Like Sarma, BJP pres­i­dent Ran­jit Dutta has also decided to seek the abo­li­tion of theEVM to “save” democ­racy. “But we have not received any invi­ta­tion so far,” Dutta said.

Full Arti­cle: Opp to raise EVM issue."

      The following from the above article is  relevant :-

"In the just-concluded Assem­bly polls, the Con­gress won 78 of the 126 seats.

The AIUDF got 18, AGP 10 and BJP five, trig­ger­ing alle­ga­tions about EVM tampering.

The Con­gress, on the other hand, dis­missed the alle­ga­tion by point­ing to the poll defeats of the rul­ing par­ties in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal."

      The answer of the Indira Congress party IS NOT CONVINCING, neither is IT CORRECT. The Indira Congress party,citing Tamil Nadu and Bengal results,can be cunning,as the following are what a shrewd person or party,would, consider:-

1.The stakes and PRIORITIES.Some PARTIES may have different priorities and may eye the Lok Sabha Elections.  

2.The locations

3. Manipulate results in such a way as to Avoid suspicions,of FOUL PLAY.

      If the results had been DIFFERENT, in the two states the EVMs would have been suspected. And no other party had any chance in these two States.

                                Hence there is a NEED for Using ONLY Ballot papers for Elections.The DEMAND is the USE of Ballot Papers,in 2012 Assembly and all subsequent Elections in India,and perhaps the USA too.

My Thanks are due to"thevotingnews.com" site,for this news-item.

To be continued....