EVM case: Election Commission calls All Party Meeting on May 12 in New Delhi

New Delhi : Election Commission on Thursday scheduled an All Party Meeting for May 12 in New Delhi to discuss EVM issue, raised by several political leaders. 

Recently, EC had announced an open challenge to prove if the machines could be tampered with.

Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said in Chandigarh that the EC will call a meeting of political parties to assure them that the EVMs were tamper-proof.

"They will be told how the EVMs are non-tamperable and secure as per our administrative and technical safeguard system," he told media.

At least 16 opposition parties, alleging tampering, had recently urged the EC to stop use of EVMs and revert to the paper ballot system in elections.

The parties, including Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and others, levelled tampering allegations after the BJP swept assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

In the past, similar allegations of EVM tampering were made to the EC by political parties and leaders. However, no one was also to prove that the machines could be tampered with.

(with IANS inputs)