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Congress' attempt at raking up EVMs will fail miserably: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticised Digvijaya Singh's remark on the Electronic Voting Machines' (EVMs) alleged tampering, stating that such kind of strategies adopted by the Congress party would fail miserably.
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EC limiting objections to EVMs to hacking: Digvijaya Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 16 (ANI): Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged the Election Commission (EC) is limiting objections to the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to hacking.
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EVM credible, ballot paper worst alternative, say former election commissi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): Amidst growing skepticism among political parties over the credibility of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), former chief election commissioners (CEC) on Sunday asserted that machines cannot be hacked and thereby backed the Election Commission for throwi
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Nothing wrong with EVM when Opposition wins, only when they lose: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): Launching a veiled attack on the Opposition, the Centre on Saturday asserted that questioning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) simply meant questioning the Election Commission of India.
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Can't question electoral process over loss of few parties: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the opposition parties for doubting the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and said that because few political parties are losing we cannot dub the entire electoral process as wrong and the equipment as bad.
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UP: State EC demands new EVMs for municipal polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr. 13 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to either provide new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) or allow them to conduct the municipal polls using ballot paper.
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Siddaramaiah expresses happiness over victory in bypolls, says EVMs not ta
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Expressing happiness over the recent victory in the state bypolls, Karnataka Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah on Thursday defended his government from the ongoing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) controversy in the country and said the voting mach
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Discussed religious conversions, EVM row with President: DMK
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which was part of the delegation that met President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday, said that they apprised him of the prevailing situation in the country especially the religious conversions after the BJP formed government a
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EVM row: CPI (M) demands use of VVPAT to be made universal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 13 (ANI): Supporting the use of the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) equipped with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the election process, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday said the use of the machines should be made universal so that th
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Naqvi says opposition should stop banging its head on EVMs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that the Congress and other opposition parties should not bang their heads over the use or non-use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) post their defeat in the recen
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SC seeks reply from Centre, EC on plea challenging use of EVMs without VVP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission (EC) and Centre seeking their response by May 8 in the plea filed by Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker Ataur Rehman challenging the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the electio
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Left for all-party meet, says confidence on EVMs 'stands shaken'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja on Thursday said the confidence on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) stands shaken, adding the ball is now in the Election Commission's court to restore confidence of skeptics on the same.
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