Give access to EVMs, AAP tells EC

May 11, 2017 11:35 pm | Updated 11:35 pm IST - New Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday demanded that an all-party committee be formed under the aegis of the Election Commission (EC) and be given access to electronic voting machines (EVM) used in the recent elections.

The party, which claims that EVMs can be manipulated, also sought to drum up support for its campaign through a demonstration outside the EC headquarters, a day before a scheduled all-party meeting with the commission on the issue.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, who had hacked an EVM replica on the floor of the Delhi Assembly on May 9, told a press conference that the question was no longer if EVMs could be manipulated, but whether the recent polls could have been rigged.

The AAP fared poorly in the polls, which were largely won by the BJP.

“We will demand that the machines that were used be provided to us,” Mr. Bhardwaj said.

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