Public demand for this in a resolution was initiated by civil society in August because ECI’s intention and capacity to hold free and fair elections as per its constitutional mandate has been fading fast.
At the first joint protest of the 28-party Opposition Alliance INDIA, on December 22, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for unity, saying democracy is under threat under the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
For this purpose, VVPAT slips should be larger in size and must be printed in such a manner that they can be preserved for a minimum of five years.” This move was initiated because ECI’s intention and capacity to hold free and fair elections as per its constitutional mandate has been fading fast.
It reached a nadir recently when the Commission filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court containing these assertions which are alien to the very concept of free and fair elections.
ECI Manual itself states at 8.4.2 that BEL and ECIL engineers are to use a device called Symbol Loading Unit (SLU) to electronically upload these details to the VVPAT.
In the actual voting process, a voter presses the ballot button opposite the symbol of the candidate of his/her choice on the EVM and will hear a beep sound.
But so far INDIA Block has failed in their duty while in our neighbouring small countries-Pakistan and Bangladesh-EVMs have been discarded because of joint action by opposition parties.
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At the first joint protest of the 28-party Opposition Alliance INDIA, on December 22, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for unity, saying democracy is under threat under the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
For this purpose, VVPAT slips should be larger in size and must be printed in such a manner that they can be preserved for a minimum of five years.” This move was initiated because ECI’s intention and capacity to hold free and fair elections as per its constitutional mandate has been fading fast.
It reached a nadir recently when the Commission filed a counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court containing these assertions which are alien to the very concept of free and fair elections.
ECI Manual itself states at 8.4.2 that BEL and ECIL engineers are to use a device called Symbol Loading Unit (SLU) to electronically upload these details to the VVPAT.
In the actual voting process, a voter presses the ballot button opposite the symbol of the candidate of his/her choice on the EVM and will hear a beep sound.
But so far INDIA Block has failed in their duty while in our neighbouring small countries-Pakistan and Bangladesh-EVMs have been discarded because of joint action by opposition parties.
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