Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare today hit out at his former protege Arvind Kejriwal over his demand for reverting to ballot papers for municipal polls in Delhi, saying it would be a retrograde step.
He told a TV news channel at his village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district that in times when great technological advancement is taking place, returning to ballot papers will be a retrograde step.
Hazare said EVMs should not be done away with and voting through ballot papers was a time consuming process.
Hazare and Kejriwal, who were together during the stir for anti-corruption ombudsman ‘Lokpal’, parted ways after Kejriwal chose to take a plunge into politics.
Kejriwal, now the Delhi Chief Minister, has questioned the reliability of Electronic Voting Machines after his AAP’s defeat in Punjab and Goa elections.
The AAP won just 20 seats in the 117-member Assembly in Punjab and drew a blank in Goa, which has a 40-member House.