‘Junk EVMs’: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls for campaign to restore ballot papers | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Dropping a bombshell days after the rout in Maharashtra elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday demanded that govt junk EVMs and hold elections on paper ballots. He claimed the votes of SCs, STs and OBCs are going waste and paper ballots will reveal the true strength of BJP.
The Congress presidentsaid, “We don’t want EVMs. We want that votes should be cast on ballot papers. Let EVMs remain in Narendra Modi’s or Amit Shah’s homes, they can keep them in godowns in Ahmedabad, there are a lot of godowns there. Just hold the elections on paper. Then you (BJP) will know where you stand.”
Speaking at “samvidhan rakshak sammelan” in the capital which was also attended by Rahul Gandhi and other leaders, Kharge said Congress should start a campaign for paper ballots, like Bharat Jodo Yatra and said Congress will talk to other parties too on the issue.
The stunning demand came amid repeated doubts expressed by Congress over voting machines since its loss in Haryana, which have only intensified in the wake of its alliance MVA’s rout in Maharashtra.
The growing sentiment in the party against voting machines seems to have now crystallised into a demand for dialling the clock back. “