Taking a serious view of an event held in London which claimed that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be tampered with, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday stated that it is considering legal action. The ECI maintained that the machines are built in adherence to \u2018rigorous Standard Operating Procedures\u2019.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the EVM Hackathon held in London recently where it was claimed that EVMs used by the ECI can be meddled with, the Election Commission stated that it is looking into \u2018what legal action can and should be taken\u2019 in this regard. It further added that these machines are built by Bharat Electronics Ltd and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd under \u2018very strict supervisory and security conditions\u2019. A Committee of \u2018technical experts\u2019 constituted in 2010 supervises the process, the statement read. Weary of being dragged into a \u2018motivated slugfest\u2019, the ECI has stated that it stands by the \u2018empirical facts\u2019 on how \u2018foolproof\u2019 the EVMs are.<\/p>\n
Causing more political turmoil is the reported presence of Kapil Sibal at the said event. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has levied accusation against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and president Rahul Gandhi of sending Sibal to the event with definite intent. Calling it \u2018no accident\u2019, Naqvi has accused the Congress of compromising the good name of the nation\u2019s democratic system.\u00a0 The presence of Kapil Sibal at the London Hackathon is being viewed by the BJP as a \u2018hacking horror show\u2019 being played out to offset the impending defeat of the opposition in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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