EVMS CAN BE HACKED

Former deputy election commissioner Vinod Zutshi emphasized the need for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to have a separate budget instead of grants from the Consolidated Fund of India. He highlighted the Commission's long-standing demands fo...

Elon Musk's recent comments on EVMs have reignited concerns about their reliability, with Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders urging the Election Commission to ensure transparency or eliminate the machines. BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar countered...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questions the reliability of EVMs and demands transparency from the Election Commission to ensure fair electoral processes.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray criticized the Election Commission of India for not releasing CCTV footage related to allegations of mobile phone usage by Mangesh Pandilkar, brother-in-law of winning candidate Ravindra Waikar, to unlock an EVM du...

Gogoi's statement came a day after a fresh political row erupted over EVM tampering claims with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders citing a media report that alleged that a relative of the Shiv Sena candidate in Mumbai North W...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have raised concerns about the security of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), calling them a "black box" and suggesting their elimination due to hacking risks. BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar, how...

Mumbai: Amid the EVMs controversy, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on June 16 said that it is the opposition’s strategy and doesn’t hold any credibility. Replying to the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s remark, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut asked Who ...

The BJP on Sunday accused billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of making a "huge sweeping generalisation" by calling for eliminating EVMs, saying his views may apply to the US but not to India. In a recent post on X, Musk had said, "We should eliminat...

Following Elon Musk's discussion on social media platform X regarding electronic voting machines (EVMs), former Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded by asserting that EVMs can be designed and constructed effectively, citing India'...

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has raised concerns over the electronic voting systems and said that it can be hacked using AI leading to loss of credibility in the electoral process. He has given the example of Puerto Rico.

Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is an electronic device for recording votes. Can EVM machines be tampered with?

Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that EVM source codes "should never be disclosed" as the same can be misused. A bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta made the verbal observation during the resumed hearing of a batch of ...

India's EVMs, introduced in the 1990s, were initially met with scepticism. But they have evolved, incorporating state-of-the-art technology to withstand tampering. One key feature that renders them tamper-proof is their standalone nature. Unlike con...

Congress leader Manish Tewari on September 23, said that 2024 elections must be held on paper ballots.EVMs can be manipulated, time to go back to paper ballots, says Congress leader Manish Tewari

SC on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an audit of the software used in electronic voting machines (EVMs) used by the Election Commission. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said no a...

"We, under the leadership of Sharad Pawar, will fight against the theft of votes being done through EVMs in the country. We press the (EVM) button but do not know where the vote goes. A feeling of distrust prevails among the voters in the country," ...

In the letter to floor leaders, Pawar said that it is "an acknowledged fact that any machine with a chip can be hacked," adding that doubts regarding the possibility of manipulating EVM are being raised by even the common man now. This meeting comes...

While the EC moved an FIR against Syed Shuja, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) said he never worked for the EVM manufacturer as he had claimed.

"This is an issue concerning the survival of democracy in India," Kapil Sibal told reporters.