SUDHIR KUMAR / NEW DELHI
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today said that Commission would not be intimidated or coerced to go back to paper ballot system and would continue to use EVMs and VVPAT.
He however said that the Election Commission of India was open to feedback from all stakeholders but He termed the recent controversies surrounding EVMs as unfortunate.
Mr Arora was speaking at an International conference on ‘Making our Elections Inclusive and Accessible’ in New Delhi. He said that the Election Commission’s flagship multi interventional programme SVEEP has been a success in empowering voters.
The conference was hosted by the Election Commission of India(ECI) in consonance with the 9th National Voters’ Day to be held on 25th January 2019.
The participants include heads and dignitaries from six Election Management Bodies(EMBs) viz Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Russia and Srilanka and three International Organizations.ECI also renewed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for cooperation in the field of election management with the Election Commission of Bhutan.