'Susceptible to Jugaad': Richa Chadha rakes up EVM debate before Delhi assembly elections

famous EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) debate has been raked up on Internet just four days before Delhi Assembly elections. Bollywood actress Richa Chadha took to her Twitter handle to revive line of argument that had been attempted before 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and sought for EVMs to be eschewed in favour of old paper ballot system.

Chadha wrote: " countries that invented EVMs don’t use m anymore. We should go back to paper ballot, doesn’t matter who wins or loses. At least people will believe results." She was likely referring to US, which is credited with having invented EVMs but has since stopped using m.

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To this, director Kunal Kohli, wrote: "You’ve forgotten booth capturing? Countries might have invented EVM’s. We’ve got jugaad. Can work around anything." Chadha in response said that she hasn't forgotten booth capturing but, " current EC seems to have forgotten people like T N Seshan." Booth capturing is a method of fraudulently interfering with process of an election whereby members of a party occupy a polling booth, excluding and voting in place of those people who are registered to vote re.

Richa added: "EVM is susceptible to Jugaad, that's why countries that have invented it, have banned ir use."

Tirunellai Naryana Seshan, kwn as TN Seshan, led ECI as CEC from 1990 to 1996. He received prestigious Magsaysay Award for making electoral process more transparent.

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Meanwhile, A 41-year-old man from Uttarakhand is on a countrywide 'padayatra' to seek a ban on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and bring back ballot papers in elections. Onkar Singh Dhillon, a real-estate businessman of Rudrapur in Uttarakhand was in Berhampur on Sunday evening as part of his 'padayatra' to create awareness against EVMs after travelling around 4,500-km on foot. He left this south Odisha city on Monday as he resumed his onward journey.

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It was after BJP's stupendous 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly election win that Mayawati had first alleged EVM tampering. Following that, a number of or parties selectively used same allegation when y lost elections to BJP, with Congress going furst in its attempts to controversialise issue by sending Kapil Sibal to London for what was billed as a live-hacking of an EVM. However, 'hacker' backed out.

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