By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After a demonstration in Delhi Assembly by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj regarding how Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered, the Election Commission of India(ECI) has released a statement pointing out that the EVMs used by them is different and cannot be tampered with.
ECI believes the EVM used by Saurabh Bhardwaj in demonstration was not actual EVM but something that was a lookalike of the original one. ECI said, “In this context it should be understood that it is possible for anyone to make any electronic gadget which ‘looks-like’ ECI EVM and demonstrate any Magic or Tampering.”
The statement added that the EVM which AAP MLA used was actually made to be tampered. It said, “Very simply put, any ‘look-alike” machine is just a different gadget, which is manifestly designed and made to function in a ‘tampered’ manner and has no relevance, incidence or bearing on the Commission’s EVMs.”
ECI altogether denied the possibility where their EVMs could be tampered at all because they are secured and function under administrative and security protocol.
“It is commonsense that gadgets other than ECI EVMs can be programmed to perform in a pre-determined way, but it simply cannot be implied that ECI EVMs will behave in the same manner because the ECI EVMs are Technically Secured and function under an elaborate Administrative and Security Protocol,” said ECI.
ECI’s statement indicated that AAP MLA tried to insult the Electorate as well as Citizens. It said, “Such so-called demonstration on extraneous and duplicate gadgets which are not owned by the ECI cannot be exploited to influence our Intelligent Citizens & Electorate to assail or vilify the EVMs used by the Commission in its electoral process.”
Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled an all-party meeting on May 12 for EVM issues and other electoral reforms.