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EVM controversy: Winners endorse it while losers complain

Looking back at the allegations of EVM tampering in elections

Polling officials check the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of voting for Tamil Nadu assembly polls, in Chennai
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Polling officials check the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of voting for Tamil Nadu assembly polls, in Chennai

BS Web Team New Delhi
The results for state Assembly elections were announced on 11 March, but the controversy over EVMs refuses to die. On Saturday it was a trending topic on social media once again, leading to claims regarding its tamperability. Earlier, the government had rubbished claims about EVM tampering and had promised all support to the Election Commission's endeavour of maximising the use of voting machines with paper trail, but in a phased-manner as reported by Business Standard.

The opposition had demanded in the Rajya Sabha the early implantation of a 2013 Supreme Court order that requires each electronic voting

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