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EVM's reliability challenged in Gujarat court
Friday, October 15, 2010 07:54:31 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad:
Within a week of the Gujarat civic polls, a public suit
challenging the "reliability and functionality" of electronic
voting machines (EVMs) was Friday filed in the Gujarat High Court
here.
Advocate Girish Das filed the petition, seeking a direction to the
Election Commission of India to to equip the EVM polling booths
with a camera and clock to ascertain and establish as to who voted
at what time, to ensure transparency in elections.
"The election commission has spent crores of rupees for
introducing EVMs but failed to equip them with these essential and
obligatory components," the petition said.
Das also sought video recording at all polling booths.
He said in the petition that this would also help as evidence in a
court of law if any controversy arises about alleged fraud or
manipulation in voting.
The lawyer further sought the Election Commission of India's
directions to ensure that details of voting of the various centres
are not revealed so as to prevent victimisation of the electorate
after elections.
The petition names the Chief Election Commissioner, Gujarat's
election commissioner and the state government as respondents. The
court will hear the matter Oct 19.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the elections to the
municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat,
Bhavnagar and Jamnagar in Gujarat last Tuesday. The Gujarat
Congress Thursday attributed the sweep to tampering of machines.
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