He also emphasized that such a referendum should be conducted on ballot papers and not on EVMs over which he claimed there was a trust deficit Moily alleged that the EC’s behaviour itself has become suspicious as it “did not do anything” to clear the doubts raised over the electoral process
1 min read17 Jun 2019An expert committee report on EVMs and VVPAT verification conclude that tampering of EVMs is highly unlikely, according to the report’s authors
1 min read30 May 2019Poor feel that if Modi continues with schemes then their lives would change for the better
3 min read26 May 2019For the sake of a healthy democracy, both the Opposition and the Election Commission should adopt a conciliatory approach on the matter of EVMs
1 min read7 May 2019Provisional estimates put the voter turnout in Kerala around 77% The high turnout was despite allegations of faulty voting machines in several places, and a generally hot weather
1 min read23 Apr 2019TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu says 21 political parties have demanded matching of the VVPAT slips with at least 50% of the votes cast through the EVMs Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi says the opposition parties will launch a nationwide campaign on the issue of ‘discrepancies’ in EVMs
4 min read14 Apr 2019Supreme Court agrees to hear a plea by opposition parties for random checks on at least half the EVMs using VVPAT in every assembly segment and constituency in Elections 2019 Supreme Court seeks response of the Election Commission within two weeks, posts matter for further hearing on 25 March
1 min read16 Mar 2019Oppn has been demanding a relook into use of EVMs after a ‘cyber expert’ alleged EVMs can be hacked CEC Sunil Arora says EVMs should not be used as a ‘football’ to further a motivated slugfest
1 min read25 Jan 2019Opposition panel to look into EVM manipulation even as EC says machines are foolproof EVMs will be a key issue for the opposition parties during campaigning for the general election
2 min read23 Jan 2019Highest turnout of 81% was reported at Serchhip seat, where Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla is one of the contestants
1 min read28 Nov 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared