Kolkata March 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the possibility of EVM tampering and urged the Election Commission to call an all-party meeting to discuss the issue.
I have seen the Election Commission s version that says nothing (no instances of tampering with the EVMs) is there. But I have also seen a version of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy where he said EVMs can be tampered (with) Banerjee said.
Whether they accept it or not is up to them. But I think the Election Commission may call an all-party meeting. Let this be discussed she said.
Earlier Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati alleged the EVMs were managed in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to ensure a BJP win.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal too said EVMs were tampered with in Punjab with 20-25 per cent of AAP votes getting transferred to the Akali Dal-BJP alliance to prop up the Congress.
Playing Swamy s video clip wherein the BJP Rajya Sabha MP talked of the possibility of EVMs tampering the West Bengal Chief Minister said she herself was not implying anything but only quoting a member of the BJP on the issue.
He said Japan is making a software for EVMs but they don t use it. Even America does not use it. Germany has stopped using it after a recent court order she said.
--IANS
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