TIA NEWS
The Election Commission today rejected Aam Aadmi Party’s claim of EVM tampering, saying that look alike EVM has no relevance, incidence or bearing on its Electronic Voting Machines.
The Commission said, it has learnt through media about a so-called demonstration of tampering of look-alike EVM. The Poll Panel said, it is possible for anyone to make any electronic gadget which looks-like ECI EVM and demonstrate any magic or tampering.
It said, the demonstrated machine is just a different gadget, which is manifestly designed and made to function in a tampered manner.
The poll body said that gadgets other than ECI EVMs can be programmed to perform in a pre-determined way, but it simply cannot be implied that ECI EVMs will behave in the same manner because they are technically secured and function under an elaborate administrative and security protocol.
The Commission said, the so-called demonstration on extraneous and duplicate gadgets which are not owned by the ECI cannot be exploited to influence the citizens and electorate to vilify the EVMs used by it in the electoral process.
Election Commission has already scheduled a meeting of all political parties on this Friday for EVM Issues and other Electoral Reforms.
The Status Paper on the issue is available on the website of the election commission which gives details of Safety and Security Measures taken by ECI to make EVMs non-tamperable.