Demanding ban on EVM, state Mahila Cong holds protest

Team Udayavani, Jun 26, 2019, 7:05 PM IST

Bengaluru: Demanding a ban on EVMs and reintroduction of ballot papers, the Members of Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (KPMC) staged a protest outside Bengaluru General Post Office on Wednesday.

Speaking on the issueP President of the Mahila Morcha Pushpa Amarnath said, “We are holding a postcard movement where we are demanding a transparent election. We had many doubts about this year’s election, which was held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). To rule out doubts, we are demanding from honorable Prime Minister to restore the ballot system. ”

She further added, ” We will send 1 lakh postcards today to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our demand is clear please ensure and please give us a transparent system of election. We need justice, till we get justice our agitation will continue”.

MLA Sowmya Reddy said, ” We want ballot paper for the sake of transparency, every progressive country has ballot paper elections. We as people of the country demand ballot paper elections to be restored. We have seen EVM tampering and people are suspicious over the results of the winning candidate so why not go back to the Ballot paper elections.