Country cannot be taken to ballot era by replacing EVMs
Country cannot be taken to ballot era by replacing EVMs…Election season is currently going on in India. Two phases of elections have been held and there has been continuous hue and cry over EVMs. However, the supreme court made it clear in its decision given on april 26 that it is not necessary to match every VVPAT slip, nor will we go back to the era of ballot. Meanwhile, both the judges of the supreme court also made some strict and harsh comments. The court also advised prashant Bhushan, the chief lawyer of those suing against EVMs, not to comment on the elections and its process. However, meanwhile, congress leader jairam ramesh has said that congress will continue to increase its campaign for more use of VVPAT.Important decision of supreme CourtWhen the lok sabha elections are going on and there was some time for the second phase of voting to end, this decision of the supreme court came and that is why it should be considered very important. This is not the first time that a petition has been filed in the supreme court making such allegations. Even before this, petitions were filed several times regarding verification of VVPAT. When EVM came to this country, it was considered a step towards technology. congress had also brought this. Later, to make it foolproof, there was talk of arranging slips and their verification, so that any kind of doubt can be eliminated, but it is not right to keep filing baseless petitions in the supreme court again and again.The supreme court has said that without facts you cannot put the entire election process under doubt. That is why it is important for PM Modi to speak on this and hit back at the opposition parties. Now we all have seen that bjp has even lost the elections in karnataka and Telangana. congress has won there. So on one hand you are accepting the result from the same EVM and on the other hand you are also raising questions on it. prashant Bhushan, who was the lead lawyer in this suit, had demanded that the election be taken back to the ballot box.