New Delhi : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday evening regarding Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and remote voting A meeting of opposition parties was organized at Supremo Sharad Pawar’s residence in New Delhi. In this meeting, it was decided that the leaders of the opposition parties would approach the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the issue of EVMs and remote voting.

According to media reports, the opposition parties on Thursday It has been decided that they will meet the Election Commission to find a solution to their concerns on the use of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) in elections and especially on the use of EVMs for remote voting. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had invited leaders of opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha to the meeting. From the Congress side, Digvijaya Singh, Independent Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) member Anil Desai and BRS member K. Keshava Rao etc participated.

TMC not included in the meeting

No leader from Trinamool Congress participated in the meeting. After the meeting, Pawar said that we have just raised some questions and we expect a reply from the Election Commission. Digvijay Singh told reporters after the meeting that the opposition parties have unanimously rejected the decision of the Election Commission to deploy remote EVMs for the use of franchise by migrant laborers.

Doubts on EVMs: Digvijay

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh said that the opposition parties In this regard, the plan of the Election Commission has been rejected. Voters have doubts about EVMs. Earlier they used to say that EVMs are single unit machines and now they are saying that names of candidates can be added to them through internet. Kapil Sibal said that no other country uses EVMs to conduct elections, then why machines are being used in India. Sibal and Singh sidestepped questions whether they doubted the victory of opposition parties in elections conducted with the help of EVMs.

Who raised doubts on EVM

in detail Without giving details, Sibal said that we have decided to meet the Election Commission for the last time. We want to hear the Election Commission’s side on our concerns. If the Election Commission fails to address our concerns, we will take political action. Digvijay Singh said that the ‘Citizens Commission on Elections’ headed by Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Madan Lokur has raised doubts on EVMs and has also petitioned the Election Commission but he has not received any reply from the Commission.