Lucknow, Dec 9 (PTI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the country should move away from electronic voting machines (EVMs) and return to the ballot paper system, citing continued doubts over electronic voting.

In a post on X in Hindi, Mayawati said, “Our party suggests that to address the persistent complaints of irregularities in EVMs during and after elections, and to restore complete confidence in the electoral process, the system of voting through EVMs should be replaced with the traditional ballot paper system.” “If this is not immediately feasible, then at the very least, the slips that fall into the VVPAT box during voting should be counted at all polling booths and compared with the EVM vote counts,” she said.

The reason given by the Election Commission for

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