Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat on Saturday hit out at political parties opposed to electronic voting machines saying EVMs are being made a “scapegoat” as the machines cannot speak.
“There is absolutely nothing about the integrity of the system… However, time and again whenever there are eruptions on this, we clarify the issue,” Rawat said at an interactive session on “Electoral Integrity and Role of Money in Elections” organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“Political parties that cannot take defeat need to blame someone,” Rawat said while ruling out any possibility of bringing back ballot papers in the elections.
He concluded by saying that, “It is creditworthy that despite such a large electorate, the Election Commission is able to publish results in just a few hours.”
On the recently concluded panchayat polls and bypolls, Rawat said: “Just after the panchayat election there was one bypoll in Mahestala where there was no problem regarding law and order. We will do everything to ensure free and fair election”.
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