CEC Sunil Arora dismissed apprehensions related to the EVMs’ functioning, and said there was no reason to doubt them.
Chandigarh: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said Monday electronic voting machines were tamper proof and an expert committee was looking after their functioning.
There is absolutely nothing to doubt about the integrity of the system, he said addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the new academic session of the PGIMER here.
On the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Arora said, We will try our level best and I am sure (we will) succeed to have a credible, fair, impartial and ethical election.
The CEC was speaking on the topic The Road Ahead Opportunities and Challenges .
Director, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Jagat Ram, senior faculty of the premier medical institute and students were part of the gathering.
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Here’s his interview video to The Quint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-L9eiUQCRY
“There are several stages (of the election process) at which criminals attack these machines,” says Hari Prasad. “I demand,” he adds, “that the ECI gives it in writing that ‘these are those stages where we believe these machines will be secure.’” And he should know what he’s talking about. He hacked an Indian EVM within minutes in 2010.