(DNA)
Confronting the conspiracy narrative of Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Trinamul Congress that the recent Assembly elections, especially in UP, were rigged, the Election Commission on Saturday declared open the challenge to break into its Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
“The EVM Challenge will begin on June 3 onward. Each political party will get a time slot of four hours, during which they will be granted access to EVMs, VVPATs and ballot units for EVM challenge,” announced Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi at a press conference called to demonstrate the robustness and non-tamperability of EVMs and related machines.
The challenge will be open only to recognised national and regional parties who took part in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states. They can nominate up to three representatives to take part in the challenge, provided they are all of Indian nationality.
