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Unsafe electronic voting machines: Shooting the messenger

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New Delhi: Major opposition parties including BJP and Left today demanded an all-party meeting to discuss indepth the "vulnerability" of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections.

Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley said in the Rajya Sabha that some countries have gone back to paper voting in the wake of certain apprehension about EVMs.

"We will urge the government to call an all-party meeting," he said adding technical experts should also be called to clear doubts.

BJP leader L K Advani has already raised questions about EVMs being tamper proof.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, M V Mysura Reddy (TDP) said EVMs were vulnerable and did not have backups in case of failure.

He alleged that Election Commission was harassing technical experts who had doubts over the functioning of EVMs.

He said cases were slapped against these experts.

Reddy was supported by Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M) who said that an all-party meeting should be called to resolve the issue.

V. Maitreyan (AIADMK) said EVMs have become suspects not only for the political class but also for the common man.

He said several European countries have gone back to ballot paper.

He also accused the EC of harassing technical experts who questioned the efficacy of the machines.

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