EVMs testament to India’s commitment to sanctity of democratic process: Jaishankar
He said the goal is to leave no one behind and let everyone fully participate in the electoral process.
He said the goal is to leave no one behind and let everyone fully participate in the electoral process.
Despite the commission's lofty claims, the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) new Election Management System (EMS) failed, he said.
"Elections through ballot paper are necessary to restore the faith in democracy,” said the Samajwadi Party president.
In the 2023 assembly polls, the BJP won 163 seats, the Congress 66 and one seat went to the Bharat Adivasi party (BAP).
With this announcement, election model code of conduct comes into forced in the state.
Ever since the elections concluded on 12 November peacefully in a single phase, Congress candidates and party workers have been raising doubts over the security of the EVMs.
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea on Monday, i.e., October 31 that sought direction to the Election Commission to remove symbols from ballot and EVMs and replace it with 'name, age, educational qualification and photograph' of candidates.
AAP also demanded the deployment of Central security agencies to protect all the buildings and permission to all contesting candidates to enter the buildings.
The SEC had altogether 20,500 EVMs of which 15,687 EVMs are in working condition. The SEC had recently conducted the polls in five municipal corporations and for that the SEC has used 10,620 EVMs and presently the poll panel has only 5,067 EVMs in their hand.
We have to maintain these EVMs and VVPAT machines and hearing is necessary as elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab are coming up,"
