Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav joins Elon Musk to criticise electronic voting machines

New Delhi: There is a political row regarding Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). After the Lok Sabha elections, once again questions are being raised regarding EVMs. Actually, this question arose when the world’s richest person Elon Musk raised the question. He made a shocking claim on Saturday. Musk said that EVMs can be hacked and should be eliminated. Along with this, he demanded the removal of EVMs from American elections.

EVMs in India are a "black box," and nobody is allowed to scrutinize them.

Serious concerns are being raised about transparency in our electoral process.

Democracy ends up becoming a sham and prone to fraud when institutions lack accountability. https://t.co/nysn5S8DCF pic.twitter.com/7sdTWJXOAb

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 16, 2024

At the same time, now Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also raised questions regarding this. Sharing a newspaper cutting, he wrote that EVMs in India are a “black box” and no one is allowed to check them. Serious concerns are being expressed about transparency in our electoral process. When institutions lack accountability, democracy becomes a sham and prone to fraud.

Akhilesh yadav also joins in a row

National President of Samajwadi Party and newly elected MP from Kannauj, Akhilesh Yadav wrote on his X post that ‘technology’ is meant to solve problems, if it becomes the cause of problems, then its use should be stopped.

‘टेक्नॉलजी’ समस्याओं को दूर करने के लिए होती है, अगर वही मुश्किलों की वजह बन जाए, तो उसका इस्तेमाल बंद कर देना चाहिए।

आज जब विश्व के कई चुनावों में EVM को लेकर गड़बड़ी की आशंका ज़ाहिर की जा रही है और दुनिया के जाने-माने टेक्नोलॉजी एक्सपर्ट्स EVM में हेराफेरी के ख़तरे की ओर… https://t.co/ruN2ho4f0o

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 16, 2024

He said that today, when the fear of EVM tampering is being expressed in many elections across the world and the world’s well-known technology experts are openly writing about the danger of EVM manipulation, then what is behind the insistence on using EVMs? What is the reason, BJP should clarify this. Akhilesh Yadav said that we reiterate our demand to conduct all the upcoming elections through ballot paper.