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Hardeep Puri takes "balak budhi" jibe at Rahul Gandhi, says "imaginary cla
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
With opposition's candidate in Vice Presidential polls B Sudershan Reddy getting less than expected votes, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri on Wednesday hit out the Congress and other opposition parties over their repeated "vote chori" allegations against the BJP and
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Randeep Surjewala calls for reintroducing paper voting, "if VP elections c
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"BJP and the PM should tell us that if the Vice President election can take place on the ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs. If Zilla Parishad election can take place on ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs," Surjewala, who is set to vote in the ongoin
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Trump suggests India help US with elections after criticising USAID fundin
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Trump, in turn, proposed they go back to paper ballots and have India assist with the election process, saying, "Wouldn't that be nice?"
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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dismisses EVM tampering claims
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday dismissed claims of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), asserting that the Supreme Court has vouched for the reliability of these devices. He termed the allegations as baseless and said that EVMs are a foolproof mechanism for cou
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SC dismisses PIL asking to use paper ballots instead of EVMs in elections
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition on Tuesday seeking the reintroduction of the physical paper ballot voting system in elections in India.
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"Democracy too precious to be left to technology," Congress MP Manish Tewa
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Congress MP Manish Tewari said on Wednesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should "very seriously consider" using paper ballots to conduct elections, and that democracy is too precious to be left to technology.
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"Only do paper ballots," Elon Musk says voting machines rig elections
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Musk is on a speaking tour around Pennsylvania
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INDIA bloc is not against EVMs but ...: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Earlier, on March 15, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition urging a return to paper ballot, alleging irregularities in the functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Congress MP Manish Tewari demands to conduct 2024 polls on paper ballots
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Congress voiced fresh misgivings over the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), with its Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari saying on Saturday that votes in the general elections next year should be cast via paper ballots. He said the exercise that defines the country's democratic charac
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Chintan Shivir: Congress manifesto to promise scrapping EVMs, reintroduce
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Congress leaders participating in the ongoing Chintan Shivir in Udaipur agreed to a call to include in the party's manifesto the removal of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) from the electoral system while also vowing to reintroduce the p
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Assam approves replacing paper ballots with EVMs in Guwahati local body po
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 8 (ANI): Assam Cabinet in its meeting presided over by the state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday gave nod to the proposal to replace paper ballots with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls.
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Options of ballot paper and EVM should be available for people to vote in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 12 (ANI): The debate over the demand for paper ballots in addition to electronic voting machines (EVMs) in local governing bodies and Assembly polls has continued in Maharashtra as the leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government opined differently on
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